Semantor

Semantor Temporal range: Upper Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	† Semantoridae
Genus:	† Semantor
Species:	†S. macrurus
Binomial name
†Semantor macrurus Orlov, 1931

Semantor is an extinct genus of stem-pinniped that belongs to and is the type genus for the family Semantoridae. It lived in Kazakhstan during the upper Miocene epoch. ^[1] It is a monotypic genus containing one species, Semantor macrurus. ^[2]

It has characteristics similar to that of otters and seals possibly occupying a similar life-style but part of a different clade of animals. ^[3]

References

1. Berta, Annalisa; Churchill, Morgan; Boessenecker, Robert W. (2018-05-30). "The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 46: 203–228. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009. ISSN   0084-6597.
2. "Semantor macrurus Orlov, 1932". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
3. V. V. Bogachev. 1940. A finding of a new sea mammal in the Apsheron stage near Baku. Priroda 94:94-94