Otariidae (original) (raw)

After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Barnes, Ray & Koretsky, 2006, with recent species from Nowak, 1991

**<==**o Otariidae Gill, 1866 [Otariidae: Otariinae sensu Barnes, Ray & Koretsky, 2006] (fur seals and sea lions; korvahylkeet) |?- †Pithanotaria starri Kellogg, 1925 |?- †Thalassoleon mexicanus Repenning & Tedford, 1977 |--o Arctocephalinae [Arctocephalini sensu Barnes, Ray & Koretsky, 2006] (fur seals; merikarhut) | --o _Arctocephalus_ (etelänmerikarhu) | |-- _A. townsendi_ (guadalupenmerikarhu) | |-- _A. philippii_ (juanfernandesinmerikarhu) | |-- _A. galapagoensis_ (galapagosinmerikarhu) | |-- _A. australis_ (eteläamerikanmerikarhu) | |-- _A. tropicalis_ (amsterdaminsaarenmerikarhu) | |-- _A. gazella_ (kergueleninmerikarhu) | |-- _A. forsteri_ (forsterinmerikarhu) | -- A. pusillus (afrikanmerikarhu) --o Otariinae Mitchell, 1966 [Otariini _sensu_ Barnes, Ray & Koretsky, 2006] (sea lions; merileijonat) |-- _Callorhinus ursinus_ (pohjanmerikarhu) --+--+-- Phocarctos hookeri (uudenseelanninmerileijona) | --o _Zalophus californianus_ (kalifornianmerileijona) | |-- _Z. c. californianus_ (kalifornianmerileijona) | |-- _Z. c. japonica_ (japaninmerileijona) | -- Z. c. wollebaeki (galapagosinmerileijona) --+-- _Neophoca cinerea_ (tasmanianmerileijona, australianmerileijona) --+-- †Hydrarctos lomasiensis --+-- _Otaria byronia_ [_O. flavescens_ (Shaw, 1800)] (patagonianmerileijona) --+-- †Proterozetes ulysses Barnes, Ray & Koretsky, 2006; U.Plioc. ENAm. `-- Eumetopias jubatus (stellerinmerileijona)

Reference(s):

• Barnes, L. G., Ray, C. E. & Koretsky, I. A., 2006: A Pliocene sea lion, Proterozetes ulysses (Mammalia: Otariidae) from Oregon, U.S.A. pp. 57-77
  in Csiki, Z., (ed.) 2006: Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertebrates and paleoenviroments – Tributes to the career of Dan Grigorescu.
  –Romanian Society of Paleontologists, Bucharest, 2006
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
  in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
• McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
  –Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631
• Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
  –The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii
• Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
  –The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629