Neophoca palatina King 1983 (Australian sea lion)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Full reference: J. E. King. 1983. The Ohope skull; a new species of Pleistocene sealion from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 26(2):105-120

Belongs to Neophoca according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003

See also Berta et al. 2018 and King 1983

Sister taxon: Neophoca cinerea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ohope Beach, which is in a Pleistocene coastal horizon in New Zealand

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution: found only at Ohope Beach

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