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Otarioidea
Gray, 1825
(mammal)
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Entity:
Pinnipedia (Parvorder)
..†Adelpharctos (Genus)
..†Amphicynodon (Genus)
..†Drassonax (Genus)
..†Enaliarctos (Genus)
..†Kolponomos (Genus)
..†Nothocyon (Genus)
..†Pachycynodon (Genus)
..†Parictis (Genus)
..Phocoidea (Superfamily)
..†Pinnarctidion (Genus)
..†Plesiocyon (Genus)
..†Pteronarctos (Genus)
..†Puijila (Genus)
..Otarioidea (Superfamily)
....†Desmatophocidae (Family)
....Odobenidae (Family)
....Otariidae (Family) - eared seals, fur seals, and sea lions
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Carnivora
Original position
Questionably
Pinnipeda
(Suborder)
Illiger, 1811
Original entries
Questionably
†
Desmatophocidae
(Family)
Hay, 1930
Questionably
†
Enaliarctidae
(Family)
Mitchell & Tedford, 1973
Questionably
Odobenidae
(Family)
Allen, 1880
Current position
Pinnipedia
(Parvorder)
Illiger, 1811
[implicit]
Alternative positions
Carnivora
(Order)
Bowdich, 1821
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 635.
Pinnipedia
(Suborder)
Illiger, 1811
Historical positions
Carnivora
(Order)
Bowdich, 1821
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 635.
Pinnipedia
(Suborder)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Number of Subtaxa
2024
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
2f;8g;16s;5ss; ‡1s; †1f;25g;7s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 20 Feb 2022
[2f;8g;16s;5ss; †1f;25g]
1988
R.L. Carroll
: 635
[2f; †2f]
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1 Feb 2024