Semantor
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| Semantor Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Semantoridae |
| Genus: | †Semantor |
| Species: | †S. macrurus
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| †Semantor macrurus Orlov, 1931
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Semantor is an extinct genus of stem-pinniped that belongs to and is the type genus for the family Semantoridae. It lived in Kazakhstan during the upper Miocene epoch.[1] It is a monotypic genus containing one species, Semantor macrurus.[2]
It has characteristics similar to that of otters and seals possibly occupying a similar life-style but part of a different clade of animals.[3]
References
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