Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1925. New pinnipeds from the Miocene diatomaceous earth near Lompoc, California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348:71-95
Belongs to Pithanotaria according to R. W. Boessenecker and M. Churchill 2015
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker 2011, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1925, Koretsky and Barnes 2006 and Repenning and Tedford 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Stanford University 11 = CAS 13665, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Celite Company quarry 9, which is in a Messinian marine diatomite in the Sisquoc Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (13: California collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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