Aivukus cedrosensis is an extinct walrus of the Miocene. The genus name comes from the Inuit word for walrus, aivuk. From the fossil record it was at least as big as the modern walrus, and perhaps slightly bigger, and like the modern walrus it was probably a molluscivore, an animal that eats shellfish. Repenning and Tedford named the species in 1977, and the Paleobiology Database records it from Baja California and Baja California Sur in Mexico, in rocks of the Messinian stage, about 7.2 to 5.3 million years ago. Aivukus belongs to the subfamily Odobeninae, the lineage that also includes the living walrus.
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Source Aivukus (Wikipedia)
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Marine, Biomes Source List of fossil pinnipedimorphs (Wikipedia)
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Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database occurrences of Aivukus cedrosensisOccurrence list, Baja California, MexicoQuote, Occurrence list, Baja California, Mexico
coordinates are for Cedros, a nearby town
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1. Aivukus (Wikipedia)
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Aivukus is an extinct genus of walrus from the Miocene.
Description
it was at least as big as, if not slightly bigger than, the modern walrus
Description, diet
and, like the modern walrus, was probably a molluscivore.
View the Source2. List of fossil pinnipedimorphs (Wikipedia)
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Pinnipeds are marine mammals that evolved from arctoid carnivorans that includes seals, eared seals, and walruses.
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