Callorhinus gilmorei
Extinct species of pinniped / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Callorhinus gilmorei is an extinct species of fur seal that lived in Japan and western North America during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[1][2]
Quick Facts Callorhinus gilmorei Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Scientific classification ...
Callorhinus gilmorei Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Otariidae |
Genus: | Callorhinus |
Species: | †C. gilmorei |
Binomial name | |
†Callorhinus gilmorei Berta & Deméré, 1986 | |
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Callorhinus gilmorei was similar to its close relative, the living northern fur seal. It mainly differed in having more primitive dental features, such as double-rooted cheek teeth.[3]