Eumetopias ojiyaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Otarioidea‎

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha Cladus: Pinnipediformes Parvordo: Pinnipedia Superfamilia: Otarioidea

Familia: Otariidae
Genus: Eumetopias
Species: †Eumetopias ojiyaensis

secundum Tsuzuku & Kohno, 2020

Nomen dubium: †Eumetopias ojiyaensis

Name

Eumetopias ojiyaensis Horikawa, 1981

Type locality: "cliff along the Nobe river, Ojiya city, Niigata Prefecture, northern Central Japan".

References

Primary references

• Horikawa, H. 1981. 新潟県小千谷市の魚沼層群(鮮新-更新統)より発見された新種の化石トドについて [On a new fossil sea-lion from the Uonuma Group (Plio-Pleistocene), Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture, Central Japan.] Earth Science 35(3): 159–178. DOI: 10.15080/agcjchikyukagaku.35.3_159 Reference page. 
• Tsuzuku, N. & Kohno, N. 2020. The oldest record of the Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776) from the early Pleistocene of the North Pacific. PeerJ 8: e9709. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9709 Reference page. 

Links

• Eumetopias ojiyaensis – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

日本語: オジヤトド