Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: A. Valenzuela-Toro, N. D. Pyenson, C. S. Gutstein and M. E. Suarez. 2016. A new dwarf seal from the Late Neogene of South America and the evolution of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere. Papers in Palaeontology 2(1):101-115
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017 and Berta et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Sarcodectes
Subtaxa: Australophoca changorum
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (2 collections), Peru (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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