Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Full reference: L. Hostos-Olivera, P. E. Romero, M. CarreĢ, D. Ochoa, and R. Salas-Gismondi. 2026. New Plio-Pleistocene fossils from the eastern Pacific shed light on the early evolution of otariids (Carnivora: Pinnipedia) in the Southern Hemisphere. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 206(1)
Belongs to Otaria according to L. Hostos-Olivera et al. 2026
Sister taxa: Otaria byronia, Otaria fischeri, Phoca flavescens
Type specimen: UPCH-PAL-F 260, a partial skull (partial cranium with the right side eroded and a left hemimandible preserving the canine and m). Its type locality is Aguada de Lomas, Pleistocene, which is in a Calabrian marine sandstone in the Pongo Formation of Peru.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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