Atopotarus Downs 1956 (pinniped)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Full reference: T. Downs. 1956. A new pinniped from the Micocene of southern California: With remarks on the Otariidae. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):115-131

Parent taxon: Allodesminae according to R. W. Boessenecker and M. Churchill 2018

See also Barnes 1969, Barnes 1972, Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Barnes and Hirota 1995, Berta 2017, Deméré et al. 2003, Downs 1956, Kimura 1997, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Allodesmus

Subtaxa: Atopotarus courseni

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Type: Atopotarus courseni

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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