Mammalia - Carnivora - Enaliarctidae
Alternative spelling: Enaliarctinae
Full reference: E. Mitchell and R. H. Tedford. 1973. The Enaliarctinae: A new group of extinct aquatic carnivora and a consideration of the origin of the otariidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 151(3):203-284
Parent taxon: Pinnipedimorpha according to T. L. Fulton and C. Strobeck 2010
See also Barnes 1979, Barnes 1989, Barnes 1992, Barnes 2008, Carroll 1988, Dubrovo 1984, Horikawa 1995, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Mitchell and Tedford 1973, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Rice 2002, Rice 2009 and Tedford 1976
Sister taxa: Enaliarctos, Pacificotaria, Phocomorpha, Pinnarctidion, Pinnipedia, Pinnipediformes, Pteronarctos
Subtaxa: none
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (4 collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence