Desmatophocidae
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Desmatophocidae is an extinct family of Pinnipeds.
Some sources also list the following genera:
Taxonomy
- DesmatophocaDesmatophocaDesmatophoca is an extinct genus of pinniped.This poorly known fossil pinniped is a member of the true seal-like extinct pinniped family, the Desmatophocidae. Unlike modern true seals, it had a tail, although this was relatively short...
- AllodesmusAllodesmusAllodesmus is an extinct genus of pinniped from the Miocene and related to the genus Desmatophoca. It measured about long and weighed .- References :* After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals by Donald R. Prothero...
Some sources also list the following genera:
- Atopotarus
- Megagomphos
- Brachyallodesmus