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| Necromites Temporal range: Upper Pliocene | |
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| Genus: | Necromites |
| Species: | N. nestoris |
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| Necromites nestoris V. V. Bogachev. 1940 | |
Necromites is extinct genus of stem-pinniped belonging to the extinct family Semantoridae during the upper Pliocene epoch. [1] It is a monotypic genus with the only species in this genus being Necromitesnestoris. [2]
It was named in honor of Nestor Smirnov , a Soviet specialist in Pinnipeds. [2]