Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Full reference: C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93
Belongs to Thalassoleon according to R. W. Boessenecker and M. Churchill 2015
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta et al. 2018, Deméré et al. 2003, Deméré and Berta 2005 and Repenning and Tedford 1977
Sister taxa: Thalassoleon inouei, Thalassoleon mexicanus
Type specimen: UCMP 112809, a partial skull. Its type locality is Drakes Beach, which is in a Messinian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Drakes Bay Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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