Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 36909
Alternative spelling: Arctocephalas
Synonyms: Halarctos Gill 1866 (no. 205146), Halarctus Gill 1866 (no. 103865)
Full reference: F. Cuvier. 1826. Phoque. Dicliotmaire des Sciences Naturelles 39:540-559
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2018
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctophoca, Callorhinae, Callorhinina, Callorhinus, Eotaria, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria, Otaria oudriana, Otariinae, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Proterozetes, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus), Arctocephalus (Callotaria), Arctocephalus californianus, Arctocephalus doriferus, Arctocephalus elegans, Arctocephalus falklandicus, Arctocephalus fischeri, Arctocephalus forsteri, Arctocephalus forsteri, Arctocephalus galapagoensis, Arctocephalus gazella, Arctocephalus nigriscens, Arctocephalus nivosus, Arctocephalus philippi, Arctocephalus philippii, Arctocephalus pusillus, Arctocephalus tasmanica, Arctocephalus townsendi, Arctocephalus tropicalis, Halarctus delalandii
Ecology: scansorial insectivore