Superfamily Otarioidea Gray 1825 (pinniped)

Mammalia - Carnivora

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344

Parent taxon: Pinnipedia according to T. L. Fulton and C. Strobeck 2010

See also Barnes et al. 2006, Burns and Fay 1970, Carroll 1988, Dubrovo 1984, Fay 1985, Mitchell 1961, Mitchell 1966, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Tedford 1976

Sister taxa: Desmatophocidae, Palaeotaria, Panotariidae, Phocoidea, Squalodon modesta

Subtaxa: Imagotariinae Odobenidae Otariidae

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

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