Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative spelling: Phoca (Pusa)
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Berta 2002, Berta et al. 2018, Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McLaren 1960, Muizon 1981, Palmer 1904, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Thomas et al. 1982, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Sarmatonectes
Subtaxa: Pusa caspica Pusa hispida Pusa sibirica
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (16: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon collections), Estonia (1), Finland (3), Greenland (15), the Netherlands (2), the Russian Federation (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (10: Alaska, New York, Vermont)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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