Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Alternative spelling: Eumetopias (Zalophus)
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Allen 1880, Barnes 1989, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Berta and Deméré 1986, Berta et al. 2006, Boessenecker and Churchill 2015, Deméré et al. 2003, Gray 1871, Hay 1930, Iizumi et al. 2010, Kellogg 1922, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968, Muizon 1978, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Tsuzuku and Kohno 2020, Vidal 1991 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinae, Callorhinina, Callorhinus, Eotaria, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria, Otaria oudriana, Otariinae, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Proterozetes, Thalassoleon, Zalophina
Subtaxa: Zalophus californianus Zalophus japonicus Zalophus kimitsensis Zalophus wollebaeki
Type: Zalophus californianus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Japan (12), Mexico (1), United States (10: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
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