Pliopedia pacifica is an extinct species of walrus found in what is now Central Valley, California, in the United States, and it lived during the late Miocene. It was an amphibious carnivore. The holotype specimen, catalogued as USNM 13627, was collected in 1909 by Robert Anderson and consists of pieces of both forelimbs. The known fossils include a humerus, pieces of the radius and ulna from both forelimbs, metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges, and they were found in the Paso Robles Formation of San Luis Obispo County. Kellogg named the species in 1921, and the Paleobiology Database dates its records to the early Pliocene, so sources differ somewhat on its exact age.
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found in what is now Central Valley, California, United States
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Pliopedia pacifica is an extinct species of walrus
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found in what is now Central Valley, California, United States
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It was an amphibious carnivore.
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Pinnipeds are marine mammals that evolved from arctoid carnivorans that includes seals, eared seals, and walruses.
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