Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Full reference: L. G. Barnes, C. E. Ray, and I. Koretsky. 2006. A new Pliocene sea lion, Proterozetes ulysses (Mammalia: Otariidae) from Oregon, U.S.A. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Vertebrates and Paleoenvironments 57-77
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Barnes et al. 2006, Berta 2017, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2015, Poust and Boessenecker 2017 and Tsuzuku and Kohno 2020
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinae, Callorhinina, Callorhinus, Eotaria, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria, Otaria oudriana, Otariinae, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: Proterozetes ulysses
Type: Proterozetes ulysses
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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