| Enaliarctos | |
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| An artist's illustration of Enaliarctos emlongi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Infraorder: | Pinnipeda |
| Family: | †Enaliarctidae Mitchell & Tedford, 1973 |
| Genus: | †Enaliarctos Mitchell & Tedford, 1973 |
| Referred species | |
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Enaliarctos is a pinniped from late Oligocene to early Miocene California and Oregon, USA. This species would eventually evolve into seals and sea lions.
Enaliarctos's flippers were not as advanced as its modern relatives and its hind limbs were not modified into a tail like structure as seen in modern seals. It is thought to have had a similar lifestyle to that of a modern sea lion.
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