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Taxonomy
Oriensarctos was named by Mitchell (1968). Its type is Eumetopias watasei.
It was assigned to Odobeninae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Otariidae by Mitchell (1968), Repenning and Tedford (1977), Barnes (1989) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Odobeninae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Otariidae by Mitchell (1968), Repenning and Tedford (1977), Barnes (1989) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Oriensarctos Mitchell p. 1881 |
| 1977 | Oriensarctos Repenning and Tedford p. 73 |
| 1989 | Oriensarctos Barnes p. 23 |
| 1997 | Oriensarctos McKenna and Bell p. 255 |
| 2017 | Oriensarctos Berta p. 156 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: t = tribe, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
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 |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Chiba) | Eumetopias watasei (59981) |