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Otariidae gen. et sp. indet., Eared seal(s)

family Otariidae Gray, 1825

• Modern species: Oligocene - Present (28.4 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, infraorder Pinnipedia

• Distribution
• Miocene: Ishikawa, Fukui
• Pliocene-Pleistocene: Kanagawa
• Pleistocene: Akita

• Subtaxa
• Zalophus japonicus, Japanese sea lion