Phocarctos hookeri Gray 1844 (New Zealand sea lion)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 72199
Alternative combinations: Arctocephalus hookeri, Eumetopias (Phocarctos) hookeri, Eumetopias hookeri, Neophoca hookeri
Synonym: Arctocephalus caninus Berry 1928 (taxon 143982)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1844. The seals of the southern hemisphere. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. 1 Mammalia, birds. Londres : E.W. Janson 1:1-8
Belongs to Phocarctos according to A. Berta et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: scansorial insectivore