Necromites
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| Necromites Temporal range: Upper Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Semantoridae |
| Genus: | †Necromites V. V. Bogachev. 1940 |
| Species: | †N. nestoris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Necromites nestoris V. V. Bogachev. 1940 | |
Necromites is extinct genus of stem-pinniped belonging to the extinct family Semantoridae during the upper Pliocene epoch.[1] It is a monotypic genus with the only species in this genus being Necromites nestoris.[2]
It was named in honor of Nestor Smirnov, a Soviet specialist in Pinnipeds.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Necromites nestoris Bogachev, 1940". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- 1 2 V. V. Bogachev. 1940. A finding of a new sea mammal in the Apsheron stage near Baku. Priroda 94:94-94
