Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: E. Amson and C. Muizon. 2013. A new durophagous phocid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the late Neogene of Peru and considerations on monachine seals phylogeny. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(5):523-548
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. M. Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024
See also Amson and Muizon 2013, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018 and Hafed et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Australophoca, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Sarcodectes
Subtaxa: Hadrokirus martini Hadrokirus novotini
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Chile (2), Peru (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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