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Zalophus japonicus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Otaria japonica was named by Peters (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Zalophus japonicus by Iizumi et al. (2010), Berta and Churchill (2012), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Otaria japonica Peters
2010Zalophus japonicus Iizumi et al. p. 245
2012Zalophus japonicus Berta and Churchill p. 217
2014Zalophus japonicus Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Zalophus japonicus Berta et al. p. 215 figs. FIg. 5

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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()
genusZalophusGill 1866
speciesjaponicus(Peters 1866)

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.

Zalophus japonicus Peters 1866
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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: Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ibaraki) Zalophus japonicus (192279)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Hokkaido) Zalophus japonicus (230267)