Palaeotaria Leriche 1910 (pinniped)

Mammalia - Carnivora

Full reference: M. Leriche. 1910. Sur le plus ancien reste connu de l'Ordre des Pinnipedes. Annales de la Societe geologique du Nord 39:369-370

Parent taxon: Pinnipedia according to R. Kellogg 1922

See also Leriche 1910

Sister taxa: Cystophoridae, Desmatophocidae, Odobenidae, Otarioidea, Panotariidae, Phocidae, Phocoidea, Squalodon modesta

Subtaxa: Palaeotaria henriettae

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Type: Palaeotaria henriettae

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rennes (Oligocene of France)

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