Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: I. A. Koretsky and A. M. M. Peters. 2008. Batavipusa (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae): a new genus from the eastern shore of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part II). Deinsea 12:53-62
Belongs to Batavipusa according to I. A. Koretsky and A. M. M. Peters 2008
See also Berta et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MAB 3798, a set of limb elements (humerus). Its type locality is Hoogdonk Sandpit, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Diessen Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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