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Taxonomy
Pithanotaria was named by Kellogg (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Pithanotaria starri.
It was assigned to Arctocephalini by Mitchell (1968); to Arctocephalinae by Muizon (1978); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Otariinae by Barnes (1989), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Barnes (2008); to Otariidae by Kellogg (1925), Hay (1930), Repenning and Tedford (1977), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Berta (2002), Berta (2009), Boessenecker and Churchill (2015), Berta (2017), Berta (2018); and to Otariidae by Boessenecker (2011), Berta et al. (2018), Tsuzuku and Kohno (2020).
It was assigned to Arctocephalini by Mitchell (1968); to Arctocephalinae by Muizon (1978); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Otariinae by Barnes (1989), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Barnes (2008); to Otariidae by Kellogg (1925), Hay (1930), Repenning and Tedford (1977), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Berta (2002), Berta (2009), Boessenecker and Churchill (2015), Berta (2017), Berta (2018); and to Otariidae by Boessenecker (2011), Berta et al. (2018), Tsuzuku and Kohno (2020).
Species
P. starri (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Pithanotaria Kellogg p. 74 |
| 1930 | Pithanotaria Hay p. 558 |
| 1968 | Pithanotaria Mitchell p. 1897 |
| 1977 | Pithanotaria Repenning and Tedford p. 58 |
| 1978 | Pithanotaria Muizon p. 184 |
| 1988 | Pithanotaria Carroll |
| 1989 | Pithanotaria Barnes p. 23 |
| 1997 | Pithanotaria McKenna and Bell p. 253 |
| 2002 | Pithanotaria Berta p. 923 |
| 2002 | Pithanotaria Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Pithanotaria Koretsky and Barnes p. 145 |
| 2008 | Pithanotaria Barnes p. 529 |
| 2009 | Pithanotaria Berta p. 863 |
| 2011 | Pithanotaria Boessenecker p. 2 figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Pithanotaria Boessenecker and Churchill figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2017 | Pithanotaria Berta p. 156 |
| 2018 | Pithanotaria Berta p. 713 figs. Fig. 3 |
| 2018 | Pithanotaria Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2020 | Pithanotaria Tsuzuku and Kohno p. 6 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available