Odobenidae
Seal family which includes the walrus
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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. (2013) proposed the phylogenetic relationships of Odobenidae as follows (this analysis excluded Archaeodobenus, Titanotaria, Nanodobenus, and Pliopedia; and included Enaliarctos, Pteronarctos, Allodesmus, Desmatophoca, Callorhinus, Monachus, and Erignathus):
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Monotypic taxonTaxonomic group with only one subordinate taxonSpecies descriptionFormal description of a discovered speciesParaphylyType of taxonomic groupIUCN Red ListInventory of the global conservation status of biological speciesSubtropicsGeographic and climate zoneCommon nameName generally used for a taxon, group of taxa or organism(s)