Mammal
Odobenocetops
Odobenocetops peruvianus was a toothed whale with an extraordinary walrus-like head.
Odobenocetops peruvianus was a toothed whale with an extraordinary walrus-like head. Its specialized tusks belonged to a whale rather than a pinniped.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Odobenocetops at a glance
- Diet
- Diet uncertain
- When it lived
- Neogene
- Group
- Odobenocetopsidae
- Odobenocetopsids
Beyond the game
The real Odobenocetops
Odobenocetops peruvianus was a toothed whale with an extraordinary walrus-like head. Its specialized tusks belonged to a whale rather than a pinniped.
The specialised skull and tusks distinguish it from both other whales and living walruses. Much of the complete external body is inferred from the head and related animals.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- de Muizon 1993 — Walrus-like feeding adaptation in a new cetacean from the Pliocene of Peru
- Smithsonian holotype — Odobenocetops peruvianus
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