Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combinations: Leptonyx monachus, Pelagocyon monachus, Phoca monachus
Synonyms: Monachus (Monachus) albiventer Boddaert 1785, Monachus albiventer Boddaert 1785, Phoca albiventer Boddaert 1785
Belongs to Monachus according to S. S. Kienle and A. Berta 2019
See also Adam 2004, Amson and Muizon 2013, Berta et al. 2018, Cullen et al. 2014, Dal Piaz 1929, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Giebel 1883, Gill 1866, Gonzalez 2015, Gray 1866, Gray 1850, Hendey 1972, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Ray 2008, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Monachus (Monachus), Monachus (Monatherium)
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (1), Italy (2), Morocco (4), Portugal (2), Spain (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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