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This primitive otter-like pinniped (seal) is known from a nearly complete skeleton unearthed from Miocene lake deposit in Nunavut, Canada. The display is a cast of the specimen.
See:
Rybczynski, N., Dawson, M.R. and Tedford, R.H. 2009. A semi-aquatic Arctic mammalian carnivore from the Miocene epoch and origin of Pinnipedia. Nature 458: 1021-1024.
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