Oriensarctos is an extinct genus of pinniped that inhabited Japan during the Pleistocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from the species Oriensarctos watasei.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Otariidae |
| Genus: | †Oriensarctos Mitchell, 1968 |
| Species: | †O. watasei
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| †Oriensarctos watasei (Matsumoto, 1925)
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Species synonymy
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References
edit- ^ Oriensarctos watasei in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Mitchell, Edward (1 September 1968). "The Mio-Pliocene Pinniped Imagotaria". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 25 (9): 1843–1900. doi:10.1139/f68-169. ISSN 0015-296X. Retrieved 13 November 2024 – via Canadian Science Publishing.
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