Editing Odobenidae

{{Short description|Seal family which includes the walrus}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Odobenidae
| fossil_range = [[Middle Miocene]] to present
| image = 7 Walross 1999.jpg
| taxon = Odobenidae
| authority = [[Joel Asaph Allen|Allen]], 1880
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = ''[[Odobenus]]'' (walrus) <br />
''(see text for extinct genera)''
}}

'''Odobenidae''' is a family of [[pinniped]]s, of which the only extant species is the [[walrus]] (''Odobenus rosmarus''). In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera.

== Taxonomy ==
All genera, except ''[[Walrus|Odobenus]]'', are extinct.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berta |first1=Annalisa |last2=Sumich |first2=James |last3=Kovacs |first3=Kit | name-list-style = vanc |title=Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology |date=December 2005 |publisher=Elsevier/Academic Press |isbn=978-0-08-048934-6 |edition=2nd}}</ref>
*†''[[Archaeodobenus]]''
*†''[[Prototaria]]''
*†''[[Proneotherium]]''
*†''[[Nanodobenus]]''
*†''[[Neotherium]]''
*†''[[Imagotaria]]''
*†''[[Kamtschatarctos]]''
*†''[[Pelagiarctos]]''
*†''[[Pontolis]]''
*†''[[Pseudotaria]]''
*†''[[Titanotaria]]''
*'''Clade Neodobenia'''<ref name="pmid30345169">{{cite journal | vauthors = Magallanes I, Parham JF, Santos GP, Velez-Juarbe J | title = A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids | journal = PeerJ | volume = 6 | pages = e5708 | date = 2018 | pmid = 30345169 | pmc = 6188011 | doi = 10.7717/peerj.5708 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
**†''[[Gomphotaria]]''
**'''Subfamily Dusignathinae'''
***†''[[Dusignathus]]''
**'''Subfamily Odobeninae'''
***†''[[Aivukus]]''
***†''[[Ontocetus]]''
***†''[[Pliopedia]]''
***†''[[Protodobenus]]''
***†''[[Valenictus]]''
***''[[Walrus|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''):<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Boessenecker RW, Churchill M | title = A reevaluation of the morphology, paleoecology, and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic walrus Pelagiarctos | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = e54311 | date = 2013-01-16 | pmid = 23342129 | pmc = 3546998 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0054311 | bibcode = 2013PLoSO...854311B | doi-access = free }}</ref>{{clade| style=width:800px;
     |1={{clade
          |1=''[[Enaliarctos|Enaliarctos emlongi]]'' †
          |2={{clade
               |1=''[[Pteronarctos|Pteronarctos goedertae]]'' †
               |2={{clade
                    |label1=Desmatophocidae
                    |1={{clade
                         |1=''[[Allodesmus|Allodesmus gracilis]]'' †
                         |2=''[[Desmatophoca|Desmatophoca oregonensis]]'' †
                         }}
                    |label2=Otariidae
                    |2=''[[Callorhinus|Callorhinus ursinus]]''
                    |label3=Phocidae
                    |3={{clade
                         |1=''[[Monachus|Monachus monachus]]''
                         |2=''[[Erignathus|Erignathus barbatus]]''
                         }}
                    |label4=Imagotariinae
                    |4={{clade
                         |1=''Prototaria primigenia'' †
                         |2={{clade
                              |1=''Proneotherium regenningi'' †
                              |2={{clade
                                   |1=''Neotherium mirum'' †
                                   |2=''Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae'' †
                                   |3={{clade
                                        |1=''Pseudotaria muramotoi'' †
                                        |2={{clade
                                             |1={{clade
                                                  |1=''Pelagiarctos'' sp. †
                                                  |2=''Imagotaria downsi'' †
                                                  }}
                                             |2={{clade
                                                  |1=''Pontolis magnus'' †
                                                  |2={{clade
                                                       |label1=Dusignathinae
                                                       |1={{clade
                                                            |1=''Dusignathus santacruzensis'' †
                                                            |2=''Gomphotaria pugnax'' †
                                                            |3=''Dusignathus seftoni'' †
                                                       }}
                                                       |label2=Odobeninae
                                                       |2={{clade
                                                            |1=''Aivukus cedrosensis'' †
                                                            |2={{clade
                                                                 |1=''Protodobenus japonicus'' †
                                                                 |2={{clade
                                                                      |1=''[[Ontocetus]]'' †
                                                                      |2={{clade
                                                                           |1=''[[Valenictus chulavistensis]]'' †
                                                                           |2=''[[Walrus|Odobenus rosmarus]]''
                                                                      }}
                                                                 }}
                                                            }}
                                                       }}
                                                  }}
                                             }}
                                        }}
                                   }}
                              }}
                         }}
                    }}
               }}
          }}
     }}
}}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite book | vauthors = Jouventin P, Cornet A | chapter = The Sociobiology of Pinnipeds |veditors= Rosenblatt JS, Hinde RA, Beer C, Busnell MC | title= Advances in the Study of Behavior| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LrLC-kBAjPMC&q=odebenidae&pg=PA122| page= 122| volume= 11| publisher= Academy Press| isbn=0-12-004511-7| date= 1981-01-29}}
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[[Category:Pinnipeds]]
[[Category:Mammal families]]
[[Category:Odobenids]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen]]
[[Category:Extant Miocene first appearances]]