New Specimens of the Pinnipediform <I>Pteronarctos</I> from the Miocene of Oregon
| dc.contributor.author | Berta, Annalisa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-24T13:47:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-24T13:47:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
| dc.description.SIUnit | No SI Author | |
| dc.description.abstract | New fossils of the pinnipediform <I>Pteronarctos</I> from the Miocene Astoria Formation of coastal Oregon provide more information on the cranial anatomy, interrelationships, and higher level phylogeny of this taxon. Additional skulls are referred to a previously described species, <I>P. goedertae</I> (Barnes, 1989). A previously named species, <I>Pteronarctos piersoni</I> (Barnes, 1990) is recognized as the junior synonym of <I>P. goedertae</I>. The genus <I>Pacificotaria</I> (Barnes, 1992) is synonymized with <I>Pteronarctos</I>. The genus <I>Pteronarctos</I> is removed from the "Enaliarctinae" (&equals; "Enaliarctidae") and recognized as the sister group of the Pinnipedia (including Otariidae, Odobenidae, <I>Allodesmus, Desmatophoca, Pinnarctidion</I>, and Phocidae). | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Berta, Annalisa. 1994. <em><a href="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.78.1">New Specimens of the Pinnipediform Pteronarctos from the Miocene of Oregon</a></em>. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.78.1">https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.78.1</a> | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10088/19147 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.78.1 | |
| dc.relation.url | https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.78.1 | |
| dc.title | New Specimens of the Pinnipediform <I>Pteronarctos</I> from the Miocene of Oregon | en |
| dc.type | Book, Whole | en |
| sro.identifier.doi | 10.5479/si.00810266.78.1 |