Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1930. Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America 390(II):1-1074
Parent taxon: Pinnipedia according to W. Tonomori et al. 2018
See also Barnes 2008, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2015, Boessenecker and Churchill 2018, Carroll 1988, Deméré et al. 2003, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Hay 1930, Horikawa 1995, Kohno 1996, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Rice 2002, Rice 2009, Tate-Jones et al. 2020 and Velez-Juarbe 2018
Sister taxa: Otarioidea, Palaeotaria, Panotariidae, Phocoidea, Squalodon modesta
Subtaxa: Allodesminae Desmatophoca Desmatophocinae Eodesmus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (26 collections), Mexico (2), United States (21: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California, Washington)
Total: 51 collections including 58 occurrences