Necromites is extinct genus of stem-pinniped belonging to the extinct family Semantoridae during the upper Pliocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus with the only species in this genus being Necromites nestoris.V. V. Bogachev. 1940. A finding of a new sea mammal in the Apsheron stage near Baku. Priroda 94:94-94
It was named in honor of , a Soviet specialist in Pinnipeds.
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