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Eumetopias kishidai

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Eumetopias kishidai was named by Shikama (1953) [type specimen stored at the Geological Institute of Yokohama National University]. Its type specimen is no nunber, a partial skull (tip of a snout), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Megakura, which is in a Pleistocene marine sandstone in Japan.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eumetopias californianus by Mitchell (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. ojiyaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Eumetopias kishidai Shikama

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

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 kishidai Shikama 1953
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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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Chiba) Eumetopias kishidai (type locality: 59981)