Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Alternative combinations: Arctocephalus (Hydrarctos) lomasiensis, Arctocephalus lomasiensis
Full reference: C. Muizon. 1978. Arctocephalus (Hydrarctos) lomasiensis, subgen. nov. et nov sp., un nouvel Otariidae du Mio-Pliocene de Sacaco. Bulletin de l'Institute Francais d'Etudes Andines 7(3-4):169-189
Belongs to Hydrarctos according to A. Berta et al. 2018
See also Barnes 1989, Berta and Deméré 1986, Deméré et al. 2003, Koretsky and Barnes 2006 and Pilleri 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: no number, a skull (skull and jaw with teeth). Its type locality is Sacaco (SAO horizon), which is in a Tortonian/Messinian paralic siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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