Odobenidae
Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds. The only living species is the walrus. In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera.Taxonomy
All genera, except Odobenus, are extinct.
- †Archaeodobenus
- †Prototaria
- †Proneotherium
- †Nanodobenus
- †Neotherium
- †Imagotaria
- †Kamtschatarctos
- †Pelagiarctos
- †Pontolis
- †Pseudotaria
- †Titanotaria
- Clade Neodobenia
- *†Gomphotaria
- *Subfamily Dusignathinae
- **†Dusignathus
- *Subfamily Odobeninae
- **†Aivukus
- **†Ontocetus
- **†Pliopedia
- **†Protodobenus
- **†Valenictus
- **Odobenus
In re-analyzing Pelagiarctos, Boessenecker et al. proposed the phylogenetic relationships of Odobenidae as follows :
