Enaliarctos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinnipedimorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha

Familia: †Enaliarctidae
Genus: †Enaliarctos
Species (5): †E. barnesi – †E. emlongi – †E. mealsi – †E. mitchelli – †E. tedfordi

Enaliarctos Mitchell & Tedford, 1973

Type species: Enaliarctos mealsi Mitchell & Tedford, 1973, by original designation and by monotypy

Mitchell, E. & Tedford, R.H. 1973. The Enaliarctinae: a new group of extinct aquatic Carnivora and a consideration of the origin of the Otariidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 151(3): 203–284. hdl: 2246/1178 Reference page.

Berta, A. 1991. New Enaliarctos (Pinnipedimorpha) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Oregon and the role of 'enaliarctids' in pinniped phylogeny. Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology (69) PDF. Reference page.

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