allodesmine

English

Etymology

†Allodesmus +‎ -ine

Noun

allodesmine (plural allodesmines)

1. Any of the genus †Allodesmus of extinct pinnipeds.
   • 2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     However, these tooth characters are recognized not only in the odobenids but also in other pinnipeds such as allodesmine desmatophocids [29–31].