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Arctocephalus (Callotaria)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Callotaria was named by Palmer (1892). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Callorhinus by Trouessart (1898); it was reranked as Arctocephalus (Callotaria) by Trouessart (1904).

It was assigned to Otariidae by Palmer (1904); and to Arctocephalus by Trouessart (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Callotaria Palmer p. 156
1904Callotaria Palmer p. 153
1904Arctocephalus (Callotaria) Trouessart p. 280

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
—Trechnotheria
—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()
genusArctocephalus
subgenusCallotaria(Palmer 1892)

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.

Subg. Arctocephalus (Callotaria) Palmer 1892
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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: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available