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Otariidae (eared seal)

Taxonomy
Otariina was named by Gray (1825) [includes sea lions and fur seals]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Otariidae by Gill (1866), Allen (1880), Flower (1883), Lydekker (1885), Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Kellogg (1922), Zittel (1925), Weber (1928), Hay (1930), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Mitchell (1966), Barnes (1972), Mitchell and Tedford (1973), Tedford (1976), Repenning and Tedford (1977), Barnes (1979), Berta and Demere (1986), Barnes (1987), Barnes (1988), Carroll (1988), Barnes (1989), Berta et al. (1989), Vidal (1991), Berta (1991), Nowak (1991), Kohno (1992), Barnes (1992), Berta (1994), Horikawa (1995), Barnes and Hirota (1995), Kohno et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kimura (1997), Rice (1998), Berta (2002), Demere et al. (2003), Barnes et al. (2006), Berta et al. (2006), Barnes (2008), Berta (2009) and Fulton and Strobeck (2010).

It was assigned to Phocidae by Gray (1825), Bonaparte (1850) and Gray (1871); to Canoidea by Mitchell and Tedford (1973); to Pinnipedia by Lydekker (1885), Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Hay (1902), Turner (1912), Zittel (1925), Weber (1928) and Vidal (1991); to Ursida by Barnes (1987), Barnes (1988), Barnes (1989) and Barnes (1992); to Phocoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Barnes (1972), Barnes (1979), Berta and Demere (1986), Kohno (1992), Barnes and Hirota (1995), Kohno et al. (1995) and Kimura (1997); to Pinnipedia by Gill (1866), Allen (1880), Flower (1883), Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Hay (1930), Berta et al. (1989), Berta (1991), Nowak (1991), Berta (1994), Rice (1998), Demere et al. (2003) and Berta et al. (2006); to Pinnipedia by Kellogg (1922), Berta (2002) and Berta (2009); and to Otarioidea by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Mitchell (1966), Tedford (1976), Repenning and Tedford (1977), Carroll (1988), Horikawa (1995), Barnes et al. (2006), Barnes (2008) and Fulton and Strobeck (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Otariina Gray p. 340
1850Otariina Bonaparte p. 1
1866Otariidae Gill p. 7
1871Callorhinina Gray p. 4
1871Otariina Gray p. 4
1871Callorhinina Gray p. 11
1880Otariidae Allen p. 187
1883Otariidae Flower p. 185
1885Otariidae Lydekker p. 196
1889Otariidae Cope p. 876
1891Otariidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91
1898Otariidae Trouessart p. 369
1902Otariidae Hay p. 783
1904Otariidae Trouessart p. 279
1912Otariidae Turner p. 168
1922Otariidae Kellogg p. 106
1925Otariidae Zittel p. 78
1928Otariidae Weber p. 349
1930Otariidae Hay p. 557
1963Otariidae Scheffer and Rice p. 2
1966Otariidae Mitchell p. 4
1972Otariidae Barnes p. 5
1973Otariidae Mitchell and Tedford p. 218
1976Otariidae Tedford p. 372
1977Otariidae Repenning and Tedford p. 9
1978Callorhinae Muizon p. 183
1979Otariidae Barnes p. 8
1986Otariidae Berta and Demere p. 122
1987Otariidae Barnes p. 3
1988Otariidae Barnes p. 2
1988Otariidae Carroll
1989Otariidae Barnes p. 3
1989Otariidae Berta et al. p. 61 figs. Fig. 3
1991Otariidae Berta p. 29 figs. Fig. 22
1991Otariidae Nowak
1991Otariidae Vidal p. 6
1992Otariidae Barnes p. 3
1992Otariidae Kohno p. 16
1994Otariidae Berta p. 25 figs. Fig. 21
1995Otariidae Barnes and Hirota p. 330
1995Otariidae Horikawa p. 322 figs. Table 4
1995Otariidae Kohno et al. p. 287
1997Otariidae Kimura p. 3
1997Otariidae McKenna and Bell p. 252
1998Otariidae Rice
2002Otariidae Berta p. 923
2003Otariidae Demere et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2006Otariidae Barnes et al. p. 59
2006Otariidae Berta et al. p. 495
2008Otariidae Barnes p. 526
2009Otariidae Berta p. 863
2010Otariidae Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1

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