Neotherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Odobenidae |
Genus: | †
Neotherium Kellogg, 1931 |
Species: | †N. mirum
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Binomial name | |
†Neotherium mirum
Kellogg, 1931
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Neotherium mirum is an extinct species of basal walrus. [1] [2] It was smaller than living forms and it did not have long tusks. Males were larger than females.