New specimens of the Pinnipediform Pteronarctos from the Miocene of Oregon

Related Titles

Series: Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology, no. 78

By

Berta, Annalisa

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994

Notes

New fossils of the pinnipediform Pteronarctos from the Miocene Astoria Formation of coastal Oregon provide more information on the cranial anatomy, interrelationships, and higher level phylogeny of this taxon. Additional skulls are referred to a previously described species, P. goedertae (Barnes, 1989). A previously named species, Pteronarctos piersoni (Barnes, 1990) is recognized as the junior synonym of P. goedertae. The genus Pacificotaria (Barnes, 1992) is synonymized with Pteronarctos. The genus Pteronarctos is removed from the “Enaliarctinae” (= “Enaliarctidae”) and recognized as the sister group of the Pinnipedia (including Otariidae, Odobenidae, Allodesmus, Desmatophoca, Pinnarctidion, and Phocidae).

Subjects

Miocene , Oregon , Paleontology , Pteronarctos

BHL Collections

Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection

Call Number

QE701 .S56 no. 78

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.78.1
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/93034257
OCLC: 28928362