†Pacificotaria Barnes 1992 (pinniped)
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Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1992. A new genus and species of middle Miocene enaliarctine pinniped (Mammalia, Carnivora, Otariidae) from the Astoria Formation in Coastal Oregon. Contributions in Science 431:1-27
Parent taxon: Pinnipedimorpha according to A. Berta 2018
See also Barnes 1992, Barnes 2008, Berta 1994, Berta 2017, Deméré et al. 2003 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Enaliarctidae, Enaliarctos, Phocomorpha, Pinnarctidion, Pinnipedia, Pinnipediformes, Pteronarctos
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pacificotaria in the database
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