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Taxonomy
Neophoca was named by Gray (1866) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Zalophina by Gray (1871); to Otariini by Mitchell (1968); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Otariinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Muizon (1978), Berta and Deméré (1986), Barnes (1989), Riedman (1990), McKenna and Bell (1997), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003); to Otariidae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Berta et al. (2006), Berta (2009), Berta (2018); and to Otariidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005), Berta et al. (2018), Tsuzuku and Kohno (2020).
It was assigned to Zalophina by Gray (1871); to Otariini by Mitchell (1968); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Otariinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Muizon (1978), Berta and Deméré (1986), Barnes (1989), Riedman (1990), McKenna and Bell (1997), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003); to Otariidae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Berta et al. (2006), Berta (2009), Berta (2018); and to Otariidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005), Berta et al. (2018), Tsuzuku and Kohno (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Neophoca Gray p. 231 |
| 1871 | Neophoca Gray p. 12 |
| 1963 | Neophoca Scheffer and Rice p. 2 |
| 1968 | Neophoca Mitchell p. 1897 |
| 1977 | Neophoca Repenning and Tedford p. 73 |
| 1978 | Neophoca Muizon p. 184 |
| 1986 | Neophoca Berta and Deméré p. 122 |
| 1989 | Neophoca Barnes p. 23 |
| 1990 | Neophoca Riedman p. 58 figs. Table 2 |
| 1997 | Neophoca McKenna and Bell p. 254 |
| 2002 | Neophoca Berta p. 923 |
| 2002 | Neophoca Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Neophoca Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2005 | Neophoca Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Neophoca Berta et al. p. 496 |
| 2009 | Neophoca Berta p. 863 |
| 2018 | Neophoca Berta p. 713 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2018 | Neophoca Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2020 | Neophoca Tsuzuku and Kohno p. 6 |
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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.
G. Neophoca Gray 1866 [Australian sea lion]
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Neophoca cinerea Peron 1816 [Australian sea lion]
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Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) australis gracilis Nehring 1887
Invalid names: Arctocephalus lobatus Gray 1828 [synonym], Arctocephalus williamsi McCoy 1877 [synonym], Otaria albicollis Péron 1816 [synonym], Otaria australis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [synonym]
†Neophoca palatina King 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | New Zealand | Neophoca palatina (59979) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Arctocephalus williamsi (59980) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Neophoca cinerea (168607) | |
| Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Neophoca cinerea (90125 90127) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Neophoca cinerea (90122 90123 90124 168606) |