Pithanotaria

Pithanotaria
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

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