Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1925. New pinnipeds from the Miocene diatomaceous earth near Lompoc, California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348:71-95
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker 2011, Boessenecker and Churchill 2015, Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1925, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968, Muizon 1978, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Tsuzuku and Kohno 2020
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinae, Callorhinina, Callorhinus, Eotaria, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria, Otaria oudriana, Otariinae, Phocarctos, Proterozetes, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: Pithanotaria starri
Type: Pithanotaria starri
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (15: California collections)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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