Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combination: Callocephalus hispidus
Synonym: Phoca annellata Nillson 1820
Belongs to Phoca according to Schreber 1775
See also Allen 1902, Berta and Churchill 2012, Berta et al. 2018, Cullen et al. 2014, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Gray 1850, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Nilsson 1847, Nyakatura and Bininda-Emonds 2012, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Phoca (Phoca), Phoca caspica, Phoca largha, Phoca vitulina
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (24: Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon collections), Finland (1), Greenland (17), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
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