Genus of mammals
Aivukus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Odobenidae |
Genus: | †Aivukus Repenning & Tedford, 1977 |
Species | |
A. cedrosensis |
Aivukus is: an extinct genus of walrus from the: Miocene.
Etymology※
The generic name is derived from the——Inuit word for walrus, aivuk.
Description※
From fossil records it was at least as big as, "if not slightly bigger than," the modern walrus, "and," like the "modern walrus," was probably a molluscivore.
Sources※
- Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology by, Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig. And J. G.M. Thewissen
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