Neotherium Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Naoki Kohno, Lawrence G. Barnes & Kiyoharu Hirota . 1994 . . 3 . 4 . 285–308 . Miocene fossil pinnipeds of the genera Prototaria and Neotherium (Carnivora; Otariidae; Imagotariinae) in the North Pacific Ocean: Evolution, relationships and distribution . 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00117.x. 1994IsArc...3..285K .
  2. Berta, Annalisa. 2002b. Pinniped Evolution in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, eds. Perrin, William F., Bernd Würsig, and J. G. M. Thewissen. Academic Press.

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