Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Full reference: C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2015, Carroll 1988, Deméré et al. 2003, Deméré and Berta 2005, Kohno 1992, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1978, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Tsuzuku and Kohno 2020 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinae, Callorhinina, Callorhinus, Eotaria, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria, Otaria oudriana, Otariinae, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Proterozetes, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: Thalassoleon inouei Thalassoleon macnallyae Thalassoleon mexicanus
Type: Thalassoleon mexicanus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (4: California)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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