Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: M. Kretzoi. 1941. Foka-maradvanyok az erdi Szarmatabol. Foldtani Kozlony 71:274-279
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to N. Vanishvili 2024
See also Antoniuk and Koretsky 1984, Berta 2017, Koretsky 1991, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky 2003, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Koretsky et al. 2015, Kretzoi 1941, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes
Subtaxa: Praepusa boeska Praepusa magyaricus Praepusa pannonica Praepusa procaspica Praepusa tarchankutica Praepusa vindobonensis
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Azerbaijan (1), Georgia (1), Hungary (2), Kazakhstan (1), Moldova (2), Romania (1), Slovakia (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (7)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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