UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 



N 



Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 23-132, f& text figures. April 14, 1922 



PINNIPEDS FROM MIOCENE AND PLEISTO- 

 CENE DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA 



A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF SEA 

 LION FROM THE TEMBLOR TOGETHER WITH SEAL 

 REMAINS FROM THE SANTA MARGARITA AND SAN 

 PEDRO FORMATIONS AND A RESUME OF CURRENT 

 THEORIES REGARDING ORIGIN OF PINNIPEDIA. 



BY 



EEMINGTON KELLOGG 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Introduction 24 



Acknowledgments 25 



Description of new forms 26 



Family Otariidae 26 



Allodesmus, n. gen 26 



AUodesmus kernensis, n. sp 26 



Family Phocidae 44 



Phocid, indet 44 



Phoca, sp. A 45 



Phoca. sp. B 45 



Ancestral Odobenidae 46 



Ancestral Otariidae 58 



Ancestral Phocidae 66 



Upper Cretaceous 68 



Middle Eocene (Lower Mokattam) 69 



Middle Oligocene (Rupelian) '..„ 69 



Lower Miocene (Burdigalian) 70 



Middle Miocene (Helvetian)....; 70 



Upper Miocene (Tortonian) 70 



Upper Miocene (Sarmatian) 73 



Upper Miocene (Pontian) 74 



