Archaeodobenus akamatsui

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Otarioidea‎
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 Cladus: Pinnipediformes Parvordo: Pinnipedia Superfamilia: Otarioidea

Familia: Odobenidae
Genus: †Archaeodobenus
Species: †Archaeodobenus akamatsui

Name

Archaeodobenus akamatsui Tanaka & Kohno, 2015

Type locality: "collected as a float near the Rutaka Bridge on the Tobetsu River ... 1.5 km south and also down stream from Aoyama dam in Tobetsu-cho, Ishikari-gun, Hokkaido, Japan".

Holotype: UHR 33282

Eponymy: Morio Akamatsu, "curator emeritus of the Hokkaido Museum" [Tanaka & Kohno, 2015]

References

Primary references

Tanaka, Y. & Kohno, N. 2015. A new Late Miocene odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan suggests rapid diversification of basal Miocene odobenids. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0131856. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131856 Reference page.

Links

Archaeodobenus akamatsui – Taxon details on Fossilworks.