Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combinations: Leptophoca vindobonensis, Phoca (Phoca) vindoboniensis, Phoca vindobonensis
Synonyms: Phoca (Phoca) holitchensis Bruhl 1860, Phoca halithensis Bruhl 1860, Phoca holitchensis Bruhl 1860, Phoca holitschensis Bruhl 1860, Phoca viennensis Blainville 1864
Full reference: F. Toula. 1897. Phoca vindobonensis n. sp. von Nussdorf in Wien. Beiträge Palaeontologie Oesterreich-Ungarns und des Orients (Mojsisovics und Neumayer) 11:47-70
Belongs to Praepusa according to A. Berta et al. 2022
See also Alekseev 1925, Bogachev 1927, Friant 1947, Kellogg 1922, Koretsky 1991, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky 2003, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Koretsky et al. 2015, McLaren 1960, Ray 1977, Toula 1897, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Praepusa boeska, Praepusa magyaricus, Praepusa pannonica, Praepusa tarchankutica
Subtaxa: Phoca viennensis antiqua
Type specimens:
- Praepusa vindobonensis: NHMW no number, a skeleton. Its type locality is Nussdorf, which is in a Sarmatian marine claystone in Austria.
- Phoca holitschensis: HNHM V.60.1734, a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Holic, which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal claystone/sandstone in the Holic Formation of Slovakia.
- Phoca viennensis:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Azerbaijan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Moldova (1), Slovakia (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (7)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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