sheperdi Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.

Valenictus sheperdi was discovered in 2024 from the Purisima Formation in Santa Cruz, California.

[1] The fossil was discovered by thirteen-year old, amateur paleontologist Forrest Sheperd, from whom the specific name is derived.

[2] Valenictus is related to the modern-day walrus, but lacked all teeth both in the lower and upper jaw except for the two tusks.

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