Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: I. A. Koretsky and D. P. Domning. 2014. One of the oldest seals (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the Old World. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):224-229
Belongs to Afrophoca according to J. P. Rule and T. Park 2024
See also Berta et al. 2018, Berta et al. 2022, Berta et al. 2015 and Koretsky and Domning 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ELNRP 2Z131, a mandible (partial right mandible with p3–m1 teeth). Its type locality is Jabal Zalatan Z131, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Marada Formation of Libya.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Jabal Zalatan Z131
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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