Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Full reference: T. Gill. 1866. Prodrome of a monograph of the pinnipedes. Proceedings of the Essex Institute 5(1):1-13
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Allen 1880, Barnes 1989, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Berta and Deméré 1986, Berta et al. 2006, Boessenecker and Churchill 2015, Carroll 1988, Deméré et al. 2003, Gill 1866, Gray 1871, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1922, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968, Muizon 1978, Palmer 1904, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Tsuzuku and Kohno 2020, Turner 1912 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinae, Callorhinina, Callorhinus, Eotaria, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria, Otaria oudriana, Otariinae, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Proterozetes, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: Eumetopias (Eumetopias) Eumetopias jubatus Eumetopias kishidai Eumetopias oijyaensis Eumetopias stelleri
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Japan (11), Mexico (1), United States (18: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of Japan (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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