Allodesmsus, KELLOGG, 1922
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GENUS ALLODESMSUS KELLOGG, 1922
Amended diagnosis: Desmatophocidae differing from Desmatophoca and Atopotarus in possessing a prenarial shelf, lacking a lateral wall of the alisphenoid canal, preglenoid process, possessing single-rooted postcanine teeth, and posteriorly deepening mandible with posteroventrally expanded digastric insertion; differing further from Desmatophoca in possessing bulbous postcanine teeth lacking accessory cusps or cingula, and differing further from Atopotarus in retaining M
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Type species: Allodesmus kernensis .
Included species: Allodesmus kernensis Kellogg, 1922 ; Al. naorai Kohno, 1996 ; Al. packardi Barnes, 1972 ; Al. sadoensis Barnes and Hirota, 1995 ; Al. sinanoensis Nagao, 1941 .
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