Opinions from I. A. Koretsky and L. G. Barnes 2006

  • 'Allodesmidae was reranked as the family Allodesminae and belongs to Desmatophocidae'
  • 'Arctocephalus belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Arctocephalus (Hydrarctos) lomasiensis is recombined as Hydrarctos lomasiensis'
  • 'Callorhinus belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Cryptophoca belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Desmatophocidae belongs to Otarioidea'
  • 'Desmatophocinae belongs to Desmatophocidae'
  • 'Dusignathinae belongs to Odobenidae'
  • 'Enaliarctinae belongs to Otarioidea'
  • 'Enaliarctos belongs to Enaliarctinae'
  • 'Enaliarctos mealsi belongs to Enaliarctos'
  • 'Histriophoca belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Histriophoca alekseevi belongs to Histriophoca'
  • 'Hydrarctos belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Imagotariinae belongs to Odobenidae'
  • 'Monachopsis belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Odobaenidae is corrected as Odobenidae and belongs to Otarioidea'
  • 'Odobeninae belongs to Odobenidae'
  • 'Otariina was reranked as the family Otariidae and belongs to Otarioidea'
  • 'Otariini belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Phoca belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Phoca caspica is recombined as Pusa caspica'
  • 'Phoca hispida is recombined as Pusa hispida'
  • 'Phoca maeotica is recombined as Cryptophoca maeotica'
  • 'Phoca pontica is recombined as Monachopsis pontica'
  • 'Phoca ursina is recombined as Callorhinus ursinus'
  • 'Phoca vindobonensis is recombined as Praepusa vindobonensis'
  • 'Phoca vitulina sibirica is recombined as Pusa sibirica'
  • 'Phocinae belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Pithanotaria belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Pithanotaria starri belongs to Pithanotaria'
  • 'Praepusa belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Pusa belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Sarmatonectes belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Sarmatonectes sintsovi belongs to Sarmatonectes'
  • 'Thalassoleon belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Thalassoleon mexicanus belongs to Thalassoleon'
  • 'Zalophus belongs to Otariini'
  • 'Zalophus wollebaeki belongs to Zalophus' according to Silversten 1954
  • 'Zalophus wollebaeki belongs to Zalophus'