A review of long-necked aquatic cryptid sightings (the very same cryptids regarded by some authors as representing possible ‘evolved’ plesiosaurs) shows that all the features reported by witnesses are seen in pinnipeds (Naish 2000, p. 43), some of which are, or were, large enough and long-necked enough to correspond to the relevant cryptids. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)
Unsurprisingly, I feel that the notion of peculiar pinnipeds is more likely than the idea of modern plesiosaurs. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)
Modern seals, sea lions and walruses belong to a group called the pinnipeds, or fin-footed mammals, which are descended from land-living ancestors and evolved flippers in place of limbs as they adapted to water. ❋ Unknown (2009)
We know that seals and sea lions, aka pinnipeds, evolved from land animals and are closely related to bears and weasels. ❋ Unknown (2009)
During breeding season, the antics and mating rituals of these pinnipeds are far more exciting and graphic than any homo-sapiens-based reality TV. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Previously I would never have suspected pinnipeds of having any “portent potential,” but nowadays an encounter with them always fills me with a warm tingle of something like gratitude. ❋ Andrea Buchanan (2011)
For example, areas where pinnipeds seals and sea lions have pupping grounds, and often costal points outside of kelp beds, are "hot spots" off California, says Professor Cailliet. ❋ Dr. Douglas Fields (2011)
A bit more from a news article on the recent paper on possible unknown pinnipeds. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Darren Naish has posted details on a new paper on the possibility of new pinnipeds, here. ❋ Unknown (2009)
For years, people in this affluent San Diego enclave who put seals first and people who put people before pinnipeds have been clashing in court, on the city council and at the promenade. ❋ Miriam Jordan (2010)
Warmer conditions are less favorable for pinnipeds. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Of the high arctic pinnipeds ringed seals are likely to be most affected because many aspects of their life history and distribution are linked to sea ice [26]. ❋ Unknown (2009)
