Valenictus
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- Odobenidae
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- Valenictus
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- Valenictus
- taxon author citation
- Mitchell, 1961
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Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.
== Discovery and naming == Valenictus sheperdi was discovered in 2024 from the Purisima Formation in Santa Cruz, California. The fossil was discovered by thirteen-year old, amateur paleontologist Forrest Sheperd, from whom the specific name is derived.
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