Necromites

Necromites
Temporal range: Upper Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Semantoridae
Genus: Necromites
V. V. Bogachev. 1940
Species:
N. nestoris
Binomial name
Necromites nestoris
V. V. Bogachev. 1940

Necromites is extinct genus of stem-pinniped belonging to the extinct family Semantoridae during the upper Pliocene epoch.[1] It is a monotypic genus with the only species in this genus being Necromites nestoris.[2]

It was named in honor of Nestor Smirnov, a Soviet specialist in Pinnipeds.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Necromites nestoris Bogachev, 1940". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  2. ^ a b V. V. Bogachev. 1940. A finding of a new sea mammal in the Apsheron stage near Baku. Priroda 94:94-94