New records of the fur seal Callorhinus (Carnivora: Otariidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene Rio Dell Formation of Northern California and comments on otariid dental evolution

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 454-467

  Boessenecker, Robert W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PINNIPED; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CARNIVORA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 79953003192     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.550362     Document Type: Article

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