Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1979. Fossil enaliarctine pinnpeds (Mammalia: Otariidae) from Pyramid Hill, Kern County, California). Contributions in Science of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 318:1-41
Parent taxon: Pinnipedimorpha according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003
See also Barnes 1979, Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 1994, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rice 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Enaliarctidae, Enaliarctos, Pacificotaria, Phocomorpha, Pinnipedia, Pinnipediformes, Pteronarctos
Subtaxa: Pinnarctidion bishopi Pinnarctidion iverseni Pinnarctidion rayi
Type: Pinnarctidion bishopi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California, Oregon collections)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California, Washington)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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