Neotherium
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Genus: | †Neotherium Kellogg, 1931 |
| Species: | †N. mirum
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| †Neotherium mirum Kellogg, 1931
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Neotherium mirum is an extinct species of basal walrus.[1][2] It was smaller than living forms and it did not have long tusks. Males were larger than females.
References
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- ^ Berta, Annalisa. 2002b. Pinniped Evolution in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, eds. Perrin, William F., Bernd Würsig, and J. G. M. Thewissen. Academic Press.
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