Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 72172

Alternative combinations: Odobaenus rosmarus, Phoca rosmarus, Rosmarus rosmarus, Trichechus rosmarus

Synonyms: Hemicaulodon effodiens Cope 1869 (no. 66318), Odobenotherium lartetianum Gratiolet 1858 (no. 105034), Odobenotherium lartetianus Gratiolet 1858 (no. 146981), Odobenotherium virginianum Dekay 1842 (no. 126919), Odobenus virginianus De Kay 1842 (no. 72274), Trichechus orientalis Dybowski 1922 (no. 89187), Trichechus virginianus Dekay 1842 (no. 69133)

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Odobenus according to I. Magallanes et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Odobenus mandanoensis, Trichechus obesus

Subtaxa: Odobenus rosmarus divergens, Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

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Type specimens:

• Odobenus rosmarus: none designated
• Hemicaulodon effodiens:
• Odobenotherium lartetianum:
• Odobenus virginianus:
• Trichechus orientalis:
• Trichechus virginianus:

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 245.0, humerus length 330.0, radius length 240.0, scapula 399.5 x 220.0, tibia length 350.0

Estimated body mass: 96.6 kg based on femur length, humerus length, and tibia length