ammonites
Otaria Peron 1816 (eared seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Invalid subtaxa: Otoes Fischer 1817, Phoca flavescens Shaw 1800 [nomen nudum], Platyrhynchus Cuvier 1827, Pontoleo Gloger 1841

Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2009

Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinus, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otariinae, Otariini, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus

Subtaxa: Otaria byronia, Otaria fischeri

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Type: Otaria byronia

Ecology: amphibious piscivore