Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative spelling: Ogmorhinus (Lobodon)
Synonyms: Leptorhynchus Gray 1844, Ogmorhinus Turner 1888
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1844. The seals of the southern hemisphere. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. 1 Mammalia, birds. Londres : E.W. Janson 1:1-8
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Adam 2005, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Gill 1866, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1871, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1922, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1981, Muizon 1982, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Auroraphoca, Australophoca, Callophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mesotaria, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium wymani, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Paleophoca nystii, Palmidophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Pristiphoca, Pristiphoca occitana, Sarcodectes, Seronectes, Terranectes, Terranectes magnus, Terranectes parvus, Virginiaphoca
Subtaxa: Leptorhynchus crassidens Lobodon carcinophaga Lobodon vetus
Type: Phoca carcinophaga
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (3 collections), South Africa (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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