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Otariinae (disused)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy

Otariinae was named by Gray (1825) [Originally a tribe.]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Otariidae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Mitchell (1968), Repenning and Tedford (1977), Muizon (1978), Barnes (1979), Berta and Deméré (1986), Barnes (1989), Riedman (1990), Vidal (1991), Kohno (1992), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Berta (2002), Barnes (2008).

Subtaxa

Otariini

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1825	Otariinae Gray p. 340
1963	Otariinae Scheffer and Rice p. 2
1968	Otariinae Mitchell p. 1897
1977	Otariinae Repenning and Tedford p. 10
1978	Otariinae Muizon p. 184
1979	Otariinae Barnes p. 8
1986	Otariinae Berta and Deméré p. 122
1989	Otariinae Barnes p. 3
1990	Otariinae Riedman p. 58 figs. Table 2
1991	Otariinae Vidal p. 6
1992	Otariinae Kohno p. 16
1997	Otariinae McKenna and Bell p. 254
1998	Otariinae Rice
2002	Otariinae Berta p. 923
2008	Otariinae Barnes p. 528

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Caniformia	Kretzoi 1943
infraorder	Canoidea	(Simpson 1931)
superfamily	Arctoidea	Flower 1869
—	Panpinnipedia	Wolsan et al. 2020
—	Pinnipedimorpha
—	Pinnipedia	()
superfamily	Otarioidea
family	Otariidae	()
subfamily	Otariinae
subfamily	Otariinae

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.

Subfm. Otariinae Gray 1825

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Invalid names: Otariini Mitchell 1968 [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteuc

Ontogeny:

modification of partsuc

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

amphibiousuc

Diet:

piscivoret

Reproduction:

viviparousuc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-06-08 12:11:09

Source: t = tribe, c = class, uc = unranked clade

References: Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 10.30000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	USA (California)	Otariinae indet. (50069)
Hemphillian	10.3 - 4.9	USA (California)	Otariinae indet. (52220)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Otariinae indet. (50068)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Mexico (Baja California Sur)	Otariinae indet. (57779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Japan	Otariinae indet. (52671)