Valenictus

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Caniformia Family Odobenidae Rank Genus		Class Mammalia Superfamily Pinnipedia Phylum Chordata Order Carnivores
Similar Pontolis, Gomphotaria, Imagotaria, Pliopedia, Ontocetus

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Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.

Valenictus is related to the modern-day walrus, but lacked all teeth both in the lower and upper jaw except for the two tusks.

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