Necromites is extinct genus of stem-pinniped belonging to the extinct family Semantoridae during the upper Pliocene epoch.[1] It is a monotypic genus with the only species in this genus being Necromites nestoris.[2]
It was named in honor of Nestor Smirnov, a Soviet specialist in Pinnipeds.[2]
References
- ^ “Necromites nestoris Bogachev, 1940”. www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ a b V. V. Bogachev. 1940. A finding of a new sea mammal in the Apsheron stage near Baku. Priroda 94:94-94