Pithanotaria
Extinct genus of mammals
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Pithanotaria is an extinct genus of otariid that lived in the North Pacific during the Miocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that is known from the species Pithanotaria starri.
| Pithanotaria Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Otariidae |
| Genus: | †Pithanotaria Kellogg, 1925 |
| Species: | †P. starri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pithanotaria starri Kellogg, 1925 | |
