Pteronarctos

Pteronarctos is a genus of basal pinnipediform from middle Miocene marine deposits in Oregon.

Pteronarctos Temporal range: Middle Miocene, 16–11.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Clade:	Pinnipediformes
Genus:	†Pteronarctos Barnes, 1989
Species
P. goedertae Barnes, 1989 (type) P. piersoni Barnes, 1990

Two species of Pteronarctos are known, P. goedertae and P. piersoni. Although originally described as a member of Enaliarctidae, cladistic analyses place Pteronarctos as sister to pinnipeds, in the clade Pinnipediformes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}