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Taxonomy
Eotaria was named by Boessenecker and Churchill (2015). Its type is Eotaria crypta.
It was assigned to Panotariidae by Velez-Juarbe (2017); to Otariidae by Boessenecker and Churchill (2015), Berta (2017), Berta (2018); and to Otariidae by Berta et al. (2018), Tsuzuku and Kohno (2020).
It was assigned to Panotariidae by Velez-Juarbe (2017); to Otariidae by Boessenecker and Churchill (2015), Berta (2017), Berta (2018); and to Otariidae by Berta et al. (2018), Tsuzuku and Kohno (2020).
Species
E. citrica, E. crypta (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Eotaria Boessenecker and Churchill figs. Fig. 1 |
| 2017 | Eotaria Berta p. 156 |
| 2017 | Eotaria Velez-Juarbe p. 4 |
| 2018 | Eotaria Berta p. 713 figs. Fig. 3 |
| 2018 | Eotaria Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2020 | Eotaria Tsuzuku and Kohno p. 6 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Eotaria Boessenecker and Churchill 2015
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†Eotaria citrica Velez-Juarbe 2017
†Eotaria crypta Boessenecker and Churchill 2015
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. W. Boessenecker and M. Churchill 2015 | A diminutive otariid that differs from all other members of the family in combined possession of these features: M1 anteroposteriorly longer than premolars, reduced metaconid cusp present and a reduced M2 present. |
Measurements
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| Source: t = tribe, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | USA (California) | E. crypta (138432) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | E. citrica (19595) |