Kamtschatarctos

Kamtschatarctos is an extinct genus of pinniped that lived approximately 15.97 to 11.608 mya during the Early Miocene in the Kavran-Ukhtolok Bay of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.^[1][2][3] It belonged to the family Odobenidae, the only extant species of which is the walrus.^[4]

Kamtschatarctos Temporal range: Early Miocene, 15.97–11.608 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Parvorder:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Odobenidae
Genus:	†Kamtschatarctos Dubrovo, 1981
Species:	†K. sinelnikovae
Binomial name
†Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Dubrovo, 1981

Discovery

Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae is known from a partially complete skeleton, discovered in the Etolon Formation in Russia.

Taxonomy

Kamtschatarctos is a relatively basal species of odobenid.