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Walrus Ancestors May Have Developed Feeding Methods to Adapt to Changing Climate

Discover Magazine - Wed 14 Aug 24

Researchers take a new look at old walrus-like fossils and reclassify them based on skull, teeth, and jaws, rather than tusks.

I Am the Walrus but This Fossil Was Not

New York Times - Tue 13 Aug 24

Although an extinct animal was from a different group of marine mammals, an examination of fossils showed it evolved a way of eating that was very similar to that of modern walruses.

New species of extinct walrus-like mammal discovered in the North Atlantic

Phys.org - Tue 13 Aug 24

A new discovery by a team of paleontologists, led by Dr. Mathieu Boisville (University of Tsukuba, Japan), has uncovered a new species of the extinct genus Ontocetus from the Lower Pleistocene ...

New Species of Extinct Walrus-Like Mammal Discovered in the North Atlantic, SciTechDaily - Tue 20 Aug 24
New species of extinct walrus-like mammal discovered in the North Atlantic, Scienmag - Tue 13 Aug 24
New species of extinct walrus-like mammal discovered in the North Atlantic, Eurekalert - Tue 13 Aug 24

New species of extinct walrus discovered in the North Atlantic

Salon - Thu 15 Aug 24

The extinct walrus Ontocetus posti is believed to have eaten via suction-feeding like modern walruses

New species of extinct walrus discovered

Popular Science - Tue 13 Aug 24

A team of paleontologists have uncovered a new species of extinct walrus that lived roughly 5.3 million years ago. Ontocetus posti bears some surprising similarities in feeding adaptations ...

Paleontologists Discover New Species of Extinct Walrus

Sci.News - Wed 14 Aug 24

Paleontologists have identified a new species of the extinct genus Ontocetus from a nearly complete pair of fossilized jaws from the Early Pleistocene of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands ...