Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Synonyms: Otoes Fischer 1817, Platyrhynchus Cuvier 1827, Pontoleo Gloger 1841
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Allen 1902, Ameghino 1889, Barnes 1989, Bergqvist et al. 1999, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Berta and Deméré 1986, Berta et al. 2006, Boessenecker and Churchill 2015, Deméré et al. 2003, Gill 1866, Gray 1825, Gray 1866, Gray 1871, Gray 1850, Lydekker 1885, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968, Muizon 1978, Oliver Schneider 1926, Palmer 1904, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Sepkoski 2002, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Tsuzuku and Kohno 2020, Turner 1912, Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2013, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinae, Callorhinina, Callorhinus, Eotaria, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria oudriana, Otariinae, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Proterozetes, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: Otaria byronia Otaria fischeri Phoca flavescens
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (3), Chile (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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