Superfamily Otarioidea Gray 1825 (pinniped)
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
Ecology: amphibious carnivore