Pinnipedia

From Palaeos

<==Pinnipedia
   |  i. s.: Phocarctos hookeri
   |         Neophoca
   |           |--N. cinerea
   |           `--N. hookeri
   |         Pagophilus groenlandicus
   |--Enaliarctos
   `--+--+--Odobenus [Odobenidae]
      |  |    `--O. rosmarus
      |  `--Otariidae
      |       |--Eumetopias jubata Schreber 1776
      |       |--Callorhinus ursinus
      |       |--Otaria
      |       |    |--O. byronia
      |       |    `--O. flavescens
      |       |--Zalophus californianus
      |       |    |--Z. c. californianus
      |       |    |--Z. c. japonicus (Peters 1866)
      |       |    `--Z. c. wollenbaeki
      |       `--Arctocephalus
      |            |--A. australis
      |            |--A. forsteri
      |            |--A. galapagoensis
      |            |--A. philippii
      |            |--A. pusillus
      |            `--A. townsendi
      `--Phocidae

Inorganic: Callorhinus ursinus minilorientalus Okamura 1987
           Eumetopias jubata protominilorientalis Okamura 1987
           Zalophus californianus minilorientalus Okamura 1987
           Zalophus californianus protominilorientalus Okamura 1987

* Type species of genus indicated

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