Neophoca Gray 1866 (Australian sea lion)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Parent taxon: Australotariia according to L. Hostos-Olivera et al. 2026
See also Barnes 1989, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Berta and Deméré 1986, Berta et al. 2006, Deméré et al. 2003, Gray 1871, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968, Muizon 1978, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Tsuzuku and Kohno 2020 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Arctocephalus, Otaria, Phocarctos
Subtaxa: Neophoca cinerea Neophoca palatina
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), New Zealand (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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