Odobenidae


Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant 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 :