†Neophoca palatina King 1983 (Australian sea lion)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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