Pliopedia pacifica is an extinct species of walrus found in what is now Central Valley, California, United States, which lived from the Miocene to the Early Pleistocene. It was an amphibious carnivore.
Discovery The holotype specimen (USNM 13627) was collected in 1909 by Robert Anderson, and consists of pieces of both forelimbs.
Known Pliopedia fossils include a humerus, pieces of radius and ulna from both forelimbs, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges. They were discovered in the Paso Robles Formation of San Luis Obispo County, California.
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