| Valenictus Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Subfamily: | Odobeninae |
| Genus: | † Valenictus Mitchell, 1961 |
| Species | |
†V. chulavistensis | |
Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.
Valenictus is related to the modern-day walrus, but lacked all teeth both in the lower and upper jaw except for the two tusks. [1]
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