Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora

Subsequent positions

Phocoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably †Allodesminae (Subfamily) Kellogg, 1931
Questionably Arctocephalinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1837
Questionably †Imagotariinae (Subfamily) Mitchell, 1968
Questionably †Kamtschatarctinae (Subfamily) Dubrovo, 1981
Questionably Otariinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825
Questionably †Pithanotaria (Genus) Kellogg, 1925
Questionably †Thalassoleon (Genus) Repenning & Tedford, 1977

Subsequent entries

Callorhinus (Genus) Gray, 1859

Current position

Otarioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 635.

Alternative positions

Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1041.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 326.
Phocoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 253.
Pinnipedia (Order) Illiger, 1811	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 115.
Pinnipedia (Infraorder) Illiger, 1811	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Pinnipedia (Parvorder) Illiger, 1811	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Historical positions

Pinnipedia (Parvorder) Illiger, 1811	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Pinnipedia (Infraorder) Illiger, 1811	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: F. Solé et al., 2014: fig. 9. [inferred rank]
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Pinnipedia (Infraorder) Illiger, 1811	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 590.
Phocoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 253.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: 1995
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 326; 6.
Pinnipedia (Order) Illiger, 1811	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 115.
Otarioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 635.
Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1041.
Otarioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7g;15s;2ss; ‡1s; †6g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 20 Feb 2022	[7g;15s;2ss; †6g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	7g;16s
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 594	[7g;15s;2ss; ‡1s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[7g; †3g]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	7g;14s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[7g];~14s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	3sf;8g;[15s]