Meanings
nounallodesmine (plural allodesmines)
plural allodesmines
- Any member of the genus †Allodesmus of extinct pinnipeds.
However, these tooth characters are recognized not only in the odobenids but also in other pinnipeds such as allodesmine desmatophocids [29–31].
2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
†Allodesmus + -ine
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