Hydrarctos lomasiensis Muizon 1978 (eared seal)

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

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