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Eumetopias stelleri

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Phoca stelleri was named by Fischer (1829). It is extant.

It was recombined as Otaria stelleri by Gray (1850), Gray (1866), Scott (1873); it was recombined as Eumetopias (Eumetopias) stelleri by Trouessart (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Eumetopias jubata by Allen (1902), Kellogg (1922); it was recombined as Eumetopias stelleri by Gray (1871), Allen (1880), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Hay (1930).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. japonicus, E. ojiyaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Phoca stelleri Fischer p. 231
1850Otaria stelleri Gray p. 47
1866Otaria stelleri Gray p. 60
1871Eumetopias stelleri Gray p. 28
1873Otaria stelleri Scott p. 21
1880Eumetopias stelleri Allen p. 209
1898Eumetopias (Eumetopias) stelleri Trouessart p. 370
1902Eumetopias stelleri Hay p. 783
1904Eumetopias stelleri Trouessart p. 279
1912Eumetopias stelleri Turner p. 170
1930Eumetopias stelleri Hay p. 558

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
—Pinnipedimorpha
—Pinnipedia()
superfamilyOtarioidea
familyOtariidae()
genusEumetopias
speciesstelleri()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eumetopias stelleri Fischer 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: piscivoret
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: t = tribe, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available