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The infraorder Pinnipedia consists of 3 families containing 34 extant species belonging to 22 genera and divided into 48 extant subspecies, as well the extinct Caribbean monk seal and Japanese sea lion species, which are the only pinniped species to go extinct since prehistoric times. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric ...
In the case of pinnipeds (in particular phocid seals) a lot of fossils are fragmentary, yet given names to known or new taxa based on ecomorphotype groupings. Rule, Burin & Park (2024) find that such categorization is not reliably useful for assigning isolated fossils names and consider the majority of extinct phocid seal species to be nomina ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Taxonomic group of semi-aquatic mammals Pinnipeds Temporal range: Latest Oligocene – Holocene, 24–0 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Clockwise from top left: Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri ...
Enaliarctos [2] is an extinct genus of pinnipedimorph, and may represent the ancestor to all pinnipeds. The five species in the genus Enaliarctos have been recovered from late Oligocene and early Miocene (ca. 28-17 million years ago) strata of California and Oregon. [1]
As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 40 animal species as extinct in the wild. [1] That is approximately 0.04% of all evaluated animal species. The IUCN also lists five animal subspecies as extinct in the wild. This is a complete list of wild animal species and subspecies listed as extinct by the IUCN.
Pages in category "Prehistoric pinnipeds" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amphicynodon; D.
On 29 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 842 (746 animals, 96 plants) extinct species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations. Kingdom Animalia [ edit ]
Atopotarus is an extinct genus of pinniped from the middle Miocene known from one specimen (holotype LACM 1376) from Los Angeles County, California.It belongs to the extinct family Desmatophocidae, an early lineage of seal-like pinnipeds from the North Pacific.