Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Synonym: Ogmorhinus Peters 1875
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Kellogg 1922, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Muizon 1981, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Australophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Sarcodectes
Subtaxa: Hydrurga leptonyx Ogmorhinus (Ogmorhinus)
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (3 collections), Argentina (1), Chile (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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