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Otaria byronia

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Otaria byronia was named by Blainville (1820). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Otaria jubata by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Eumetopias byronia by Kellogg (1922).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Otaria flavescens Shaw
1820Otaria byronia Blainville
1904Otaria byronia Trouessart p. 279
1922Eumetopias byronia Kellogg p. 106
1963Otaria byronia Scheffer and Rice p. 2
1990Otaria byronia Riedman p. 58 figs. Table 2
1999Otaria byronia Bergqvist et al. p. 31
2003Otaria byronia Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2005Otaria byronia Wilson and Reeder p. 593
2013Otaria flavescens Valenzuela-Toro et al. p. 219
2014Otaria flavescens Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Otaria byronia 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()
genusOtariaPeron 1816
speciesbyroniaBlainville 1820

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.

Otaria byronia Blainville 1820
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Invalid names: Otaria flavescens Shaw 1800 [synonym]
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, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Otaria byronia (59978)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Otaria flavescens (90118)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Otaria byronia (215543)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Otaria byronia (68025)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Otaria flavescens (162173)