Pacificotaria hadromma Barnes 1992 (pinniped)

Mammalia - Carnivora

Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1992. A new genus and species of middle Miocene enaliarctine pinniped (Mammalia, Carnivora, Otariidae) from the Astoria Formation in Coastal Oregon. Contributions in Science 431:1-27

Belongs to Pacificotaria according to A. Berta et al. 2018

See also Barnes 1992, Barnes 2008, Berta 1994 and Deméré et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LACM 127973, a skull. Its type locality is Iron Mountain Bed, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Iron Mountain Bed

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