Valenictus

Valenictus Temporal range: Pliocene

Underside of skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Clade:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Odobenidae
Subfamily:	Odobeninae
Genus:	†Valenictus Mitchell, 1961
Species
†V. chulavistensis †V. imperialensis †V. sheperdi

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.^[1] The fossil was discovered by thirteen-year old, amateur paleontologist Forrest Sheperd, from whom the specific name is derived.^[2]

Description

Valenictus is related to the modern-day walrus, but lacked all teeth both in the lower and upper jaw except for the two tusks.^[3]

References

^ Boessenecker, Robert W.; Poust, Ashley W.; Boessenecker, Sarah J.; Churchill, Morgan (2023-05-04). "Tusked walruses (Carnivora: Odobenidae) from the Miocene–Pliocene Purisima Formation of Santa Cruz, California (U.S.A.): a new species of the toothless walrus Valenictus and the oldest records of Odobeninae and Odobenini". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43 (3). doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2296567. ISSN 0272-4634.
^ Bindman, Ariana (2024-02-01). "Striking fossil found along California coast reveals new mammal species". SF Gate. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
^ "Walrus". The Nat. San Diego Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

Genera of pinnipeds and their stem-allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Infraorder: Arctoidea

Pan-Pinnipedia

†Amphicynodontidae	Allocyon Amphicticeps Amphicynodon Drassonax Kolponomos Pachycynodon Parictis Wangictis
†Semantoridae	Necromites Potamotherium Puijila Semantor

Pinnipedimorpha

†Enaliarctos

Pinnipediformes

Pinnipedia

Phocidae

†Devinophoca

Monachinae

†Magnotherium
Monachini	†Afrophoca †Auroraphoca †Messiphoca Monachus Neomonachus †Eomonachus †Noriphoca †Palmidophoca †Pliophoca †Pontophoca †Pristiphoca †Terranectes
Miroungini	†Callophoca Mirounga
Lobodontini	†Acrophoca †Australophoca †Hadrokirus †Homiphoca Hydrurga Leptonychotes Lobodon Ommatophoca †Piscophoca †Properiptychus †Virginiaphoca

Phocinae

†Cryptophoca †Frisiphoca †Kawas †Leptophoca †Monachopsis †Monotherium †Phocanella †Prophoca †Sarmatonectes
Erignathini	Erignathus †Platyphoca
Cystophorini	Cystophora †Miophoca †Pachyphoca
Phocini	†Batavipusa †Gryphoca Halichoerus Histriophoca †Nanophoca Pagophilus Phoca †Planopusa †Praepusa Pusa

Otarioidea	see below↓

†Dusignathinae	Dusignathus Gomphotaria
Odobeninae	†Aivukus Odobenus †Ontocetus †Pliopedia †Protodobenus †Valenictus

Panotariidae

†Eotaria

Otariidae

Callorhinae

Callorhinus
†Pithanotaria

Otariinae

†Thalassoleon
Zalophini	Eumetopias †Oriensarctos †Proterozetes Zalophus
Otariini	Arctocephalus Arctophoca †Hydrarctos Neophoca Otaria Phocarctos

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List of pinnipeds List of fossil pinnipedimorphs

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