Kolponomos clallamensis
| Kolponomos clallamensis Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Superfamily: | Ursoidea |
| Family: | Ursidae G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 |
| Genus: | Kolponomos Stirton 1960[1] |
| Species: | K. clallamensis |
Kolponomos clallamensis is a species of extinct marine bear known from the Miocene of Slip Point Lighthouse, Washington (48°18′N 124°12′W / 48.3°N 124.2°W, paleocoordinates 48°00′N 116°54′W / 48.0°N 116.9°W).[2][3]
Kolponomos clallamensis is a large aquatic amphicynodont. The species was originally based on a rostrum found in 1957 at Slip Point in Clallam Bay, Washington. A nearly complete cranium was found at the same location in 1988. Both K. clallamensis and K. newportensis are associated with the late Arikareean NALMA.[4]
References
- ↑ Stirton, R. A. (1960). "A Marine Carnivore from the Clallam Miocene Formation, Washington: Its Correlation with Nonmarine Faunas". University of California publications in geological sciences 36 (7). OCLC 692426.
- ↑ "Kolponomos clallamensis". Fossilsworks. Retrieved December 2013.
- ↑ "Slip Point Lighthouse (Miocene of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved December 2013.
- ↑ Hunt, Robert M., Jr. (1998). "Ursidae, pp. 174–195 (180)". In Janis, C. M.; Scott, K. M.; Jacobs, L. L. Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals. Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521355193. Retrieved December 2013.