Thalassoleon

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Thalassoleon
Fossil range: Late Miocene
Thalassoleon mexicanus
Thalassoleon mexicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Superfamily: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Gray, 1825
Genus: Thalassoleon
Repenning and Tedford 1977
Species
  • T. mexicanus
  • T. inouei
  • T. macnallyae

Thalassoleon (literally "Ocean Lion") is a genus of large, extinct fur seals that lived along the Californian coast during the Late Miocene.


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