Eumetopias oijyaensis Horikawa 1981 (Steller sea lion)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Full reference: H. Horikawa. 1981. On a new fossil sea-lion from the Uonuma Group (Plio-Pleistocene), Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture, Central Japan. Chikyu kagaku 35:159-178

Belongs to Eumetopias according to H. Horikawa 1981

Sister taxa: Eumetopias (Eumetopias), Eumetopias jubatus, Eumetopias kishidai, Eumetopias stelleri

Type specimen: 53, a partial skeleton

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eumetopias oijyaensis in the database

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