†Otaria fischeri Gervais and Ameghino 1880 (sea lion)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Full reference: P. Gervais and F. Ameghino. 1880. Les Mammifres Fossiles: de L'Amrique Du Sud 1-255
Belongs to Otaria according to P. Gervais and F. Ameghino 1880
See also Ameghino 1889, Kellogg 1922, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and True 1909
Sister taxa: Otaria byronia, Phoca flavescens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Barrancas del Rio Parana, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine siltstone/sandstone in the Entre Rios Formation of Argentina
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution: found only at Barrancas del Rio Parana
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