Otaria byronia Blainville 1820 (sea lion)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Alternative combinations: Eumetopias byronia, Otaria byroni
Synonym: Otaria flavescens Shaw 1800
Belongs to Otaria according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003
See also Bergqvist et al. 1999, Berta and Churchill 2012, Berta et al. 2018, Blainville 1838, Cullen et al. 2014, Kellogg 1922, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2013 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Otaria fischeri, Phoca flavescens
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (3), Chile (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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