Thalassoleon

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Thalassoleon Fossil range: Late Miocene
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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