Odobenidae
Sign in to saveOdobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera.
Species
walruses
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyOdobenidae
Habitatmarine
Los odobénidos (Odobenidae) son una familia de pinípedos. La única especie viviente es la morsa, Odobenus rosmarus. En el pasado geológico, este grupo fue mucho más diverso, e incluía más de diez géneros ahora extintos. Índice 1 Taxonomía 1.1 Filogenia 2 Referencias 3 Enlaces externos Taxonomía Familia Odobenidae† Archaeodobenus Prototaria Proneotherium Neotherium Imagotaria Kamtschatarctos Pelagiarctos Pliopedia Oriensarctos Pseudotaria Titanotaria Subfamilia Dusignathinae† Pontolis Dusignathus Gomphotaria Subfamilia Odobeninae Aivukus† Ontocetus† Protodobenus† Valenictus† Odobenus Odobenus mandanoensis† Odobenus rosmarus Filogenia Cladograma según Boessenecker & Churchill de 2013:[1] Odobenidae Prototaria primigenia Proneotherium repenningi Neotherium mirum Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovai Pseudotaria muramotoi Pelagiarctos sp. Imagotaria downsi Pontolis magnus Dusignathinae Dusignathus santacruzensis Gomphotaria pugnax Dusignathus seftoni Odobeninae Aivukus cedrosensis Protodobenus japonicus Ontocetus Valenictus chulavistensis Odobenus rosmarus Referencias ↑ Boessenecker RW, Churchill M. 2013. A Reevaluation of the Morphology, Paleoecology, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the
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Research
307 papers- New species of Ontocetus (Pinnipedia: Odobenidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the North Atlantic shows similar feeding adaptation independent to the extant walrus (Odobenus rosmarus).PeerJ · 2024
- A contribution to lipid digestion of Odobenidae family: Computational analysis of gastric and pancreatic lipases from walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens).International journal of biological macromolecules · 2024
- Holy cows.Nature · 2014
- Growth in pinnipeds.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1993
- Pinniped phylogeny and a new hypothesis for their origin and dispersal.Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2006
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Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera.
== Taxonomy == All genera except Odobenus are extinct. †Archaeodobenus †Prototaria †Proneotherium †Nanodobenus †Neotherium †Imagotaria †Kamtschatarctos †Pelagiarctos †Pontolis †Pseudotaria †Titanotaria Clade Neodobenia †Gomphotaria Subfamily Dusignathinae †Dusignathus Subfamily Odobeninae †Aivukus †Ontocetus †Pliopedia †Protodobenus †Valenictus Odobenus