Carnivora Bowditch, 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00399.2017 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D287F7-3F5A-FF95-FCEF-FEE93588FCBC |
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Felipe |
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Carnivora Bowditch, 1821 |
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Pinnipedimorpha Berta, Ray, and Wyss 1989 Genus Enaliarctos Mitchell and Tedford, 1973
Type species: Enaliarctos mealsi Mitchell and Tedford, 1973 ; Pyramid Hill, California, latest Oligocene to earliest Miocene .
Diagnosis. —A small pinnipedimorph different from all others in possessing the following combination of plesiomorphic characters: deep embrasure pit present between P4 and M1; P4–M2 with multiple roots; P4 with protocone shelf; C1 with a posterolingual bulge; m1 with well-developed hypoconid and trigonid cusps around talonid; six lumbar vertebrae; ulna lacking posteriorly extended olecranon process; radius lacking a strongly flattened and expanded distal end; fifth intermediate manual phalanx unreduced; teres femoris ligament pit present on femur; metapodials with cylindrical diaphysis, keeled heads, and strongly trochleated phalangeal articulations (modified from Berta 1991).
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