After McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Deméré & Berta, 2001
<==o Odobenidae [sf.=>Phocidae?] (walrusies; mursut) |?- †Oriensarctos `--+--o †Desmatophocinae [Desmatophocidae] | |-- †Desmatophoca oregonensis Condon, 1906 | `--o †Allodesmus | |-- †A. kernensis [A. kelloggi] | `-- †A. packardi `--o Odobeninae [Odobenidae] (mursut) |?- †Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae [Kamtschatarctinae] |?- †Pelagiarctos thomasi Barnes, 1987 |--+-- †Proneotherium repenningi Barnes, in Kohno, Barnes & Hirota, 1995 | `--o †Prototaria Takeyama & Ozama, 1984 | |-- †P. primigena Takeyama & Ozama, 1984 | `-- †P. planicephala Kohno, 1994 `--+?- †Neotherium mirum `--+-- †Imagotaria downsi [Imagotariinae Mitchell, 1968] `--+--o Odobenini [Odobeninae] (aitomursut) | |-- †Aivukus | |-- †Prorosmarus | |-- †Alachtherium | |-- †Trichecodon | `--o Odobenus rosmarus (mursu) | |-- O. r. rosmarus (atlantinmursu) | |-- O. r. divergens (tyynenmerenmursu) | `-- O. r. orientalis [O. r. laptevi?!?] (laptevinmursu) `--o †Dusignathini [Dusignathinae] |-- †Valenictis chulavistensis [Valenictus] |-- †Pliopedia |-- †Dusignathus |-- †Pontolis magnus (True, 1905) `-- †Gomphotaria pugnax
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
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