Otaria byronia Blainville 1820 (sea lion)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Alternative combinations: Eumetopias byronia, Otaria byroni

Synonym: Otaria flavescens Shaw 1800

Belongs to Otaria according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003

See also Bergqvist et al. 1999, Berta and Churchill 2012, Berta et al. 2018, Blainville 1838, Cullen et al. 2014, Kellogg 1922, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2013 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Otaria fischeri, Phoca flavescens

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (3), Chile (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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