species of pinnipeds and 102 species of fossil pinnipeds and their stem-relatives (Pinnipedimorpha), collectively referred to as pinnipedimorphs. Scientists...

of arctoid carnivorans are the closest relatives to the pinnipedimorphs, being more closely related to musteloids. Below is an overall phylogeny of the...

Drassonax is an extinct genus of small, weasel-like bear. It lived in North America during the Early Oligocene, around 33 Ma. "†Drassonax Galbreath 1953...

Amphicynodontinae are classified as stem-pinnipeds in the superfamily Phocoidea. Fossils of these mammals have been found in Europe, North America and Asia. Amphicynodontines...

is an extinct genus of pinniped that lived approximately 15.97 to 11.608 mya during the Early Miocene in the Kavran-Ukhtolok Bay of Russia's Kamchatka...

Hadrokirus is an extinct genus of true seal (Phocidae) that lived on the coast of Peru and North Carolina about 6 million years ago. The type species,...

fixed. Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are...

the Oligocene, but without fossil samples obtained from this era, this is based primarily on conjecture. All samples of fossil Desmatophoca were found in...

journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Morlo, Michael; Nagel, Doris (2006). "The carnivore guild of the Taatsiin Gol area: Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta)...

moving bottom preys. I. A. Koretsky and S. J. Rahmat. 2013. First record of fossil Cystophorinae (Carnivora, Phocidae): Middle Miocene seals from the northern...

phylogeny and fossil record integration". Evolution. 78 (7): 1212–1226. doi:10.1093/evolut/qpae061. Berta, Annelisa. "Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals...

polyphyletic group of marine mammals, a few points of cranial and dental morphology suggested that the otarioids originated from a line of bears. One extinct...

preserved fossil walrus currently known. Although the holotype specimen (OCPC 11141) of Titanotaria had been discovered in 1993 and represents one of the most...

2020). "Insights on the Dental Evolution of Walruses Based on New Fossil Specimens from California". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (5): e1833896...

by Robert Anderson, and consists of pieces of both forelimbs. Known Pliopedia fossils include a humerus, pieces of radius and ulna from both forelimbs...

is known from Pliocene marine deposits in the Antwerp region of Belgium, while fossils of P. danica have been found in the Tortonian-age Gram Formation...

is an extinct genus of phocid belonging to the subfamily Monachinae. It is known from fossils found in the middle to late Miocene of Belgium. The type and...

Pteronarctos is a genus of basal pinnipediform from middle Miocene marine deposits in Oregon. Two species of Pteronarctos are known, P. goedertae and P...

Amphicynodon was an extinct genus of caniform carnivore. It has traditionally been considered an early bear, although recent evidence has suggested it...

extinct monotypic genus of walrus with the sole species Imagotaria downsi. Fossils of Imagotaria are known from the early late Miocene of California (c. 10-12...

Puijila, a very basal 'pinnipedimorph'. Ed Yong, Puijila, the walking seal — a beautiful transitional fossil. "Fossil seal had the feet of an otter" by Bob...

Enaliarctos is an extinct genus of pinnipedimorph, and may represent the ancestor to all pinnipeds. The five species in the genus Enaliarctos have been...

while fossils of P. jutlandica have been found in the Tortonian-age Gram Formation in Denmark. I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene...

is known from Pliocene marine deposits in the Antwerp region of Belgium, while fossils of P. nordica have been found in the Tortonian-age Gram Formation...

discovery of more fossils including a nearly complete cranium from the original locality of K. clallamensis which helped identify it as part of the group...

lacked the long tusks of walruses, and were more slender and smaller than their modern relatives. Autapomorphies of Proneotherium fossils include a continuous...

Analysis of fossils suggests that Potamotherium had a poor sense of smell, but made up for this with good vision and hearing. Fossils of Potamotherium...

extinct genus of phocid belonging to the subfamily Phocinae. It is known from fossils found in the late Miocene of Belgium. There are two species of Frisiphoca...

genus of earless seals from the Pliocene of South Africa. The type species of Homiphoca, H. capensis, was originally described as a species of the dubious...

Netherlands, is notable for being the smallest fossil seal, with a size comparable to the smallest extant seals of the genus Pusa. The other species include...