Odobenidae (original) (raw)

After McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Deméré & Berta, 2001

**<==**o Odobenidae [sf.=>Phocidae?] (walrusies; mursut) |?- †Oriensarctos --+--o †Desmatophocinae [Desmatophocidae] | |-- †_Desmatophoca oregonensis_ Condon, 1906 | --o †Allodesmus | |-- †A. kernensis [A. kelloggi] | -- †_A. packardi_ --o Odobeninae [Odobenidae] (mursut) |?- †Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae [Kamtschatarctinae] |?- †Pelagiarctos thomasi Barnes, 1987 |--+-- †Proneotherium repenningi Barnes, in Kohno, Barnes & Hirota, 1995 | --o †_Prototaria_ Takeyama & Ozama, 1984 | |-- †_P. primigena_ Takeyama & Ozama, 1984 | -- †P. planicephala Kohno, 1994 --+?- †_Neotherium mirum_ --+-- †Imagotaria downsi [Imagotariinae Mitchell, 1968] --+--o Odobenini [Odobeninae] (aitomursut) | |-- †_Aivukus_ | |-- †_Prorosmarus_ | |-- †_Alachtherium_ | |-- †_Trichecodon_ | --o Odobenus rosmarus (mursu) | |-- O. r. rosmarus (atlantinmursu) | |-- O. r. divergens (tyynenmerenmursu) | -- _O. r. orientalis_ [_O. r. laptevi_?!?] (laptevinmursu) --o †Dusignathini [Dusignathinae] |-- †Valenictis chulavistensis [Valenictus] |-- †Pliopedia |-- †Dusignathus |-- †Pontolis magnus (True, 1905) `-- †Gomphotaria pugnax

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