Enaliarctos

Enaliarctos; Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Early Miocene,
	E. mealsi fossil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Clade:	Pinnipedimorpha
Family:	†Enaliarctidae; Mitchell & Tedford, 1973
Genus:	†Enaliarctos; Mitchell & Tedford, 1973
Species
	E. mealsi (type); E. barnesi; E. emlongi; E. mitchelli; E. tedfordi;

Enaliarctos is an extinct genus of pinnipedimorph, and may represent the ancestor to all pinnipeds. Prior to the discovery of Puijila, the five species in the genus Enaliarctos represented the oldest known pinnipedimorph fossils, having been recovered from late Oligocene and early Miocene (ca. 24–22 million years ago) strata of California and Oregon.

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