Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: L. Dewaele, E. Amson, O. Lambert and S. Louwye. 2017. Reappraisal of the extinct seal “Phoca” vitulinoides from the Neogene of the North Sea Basin, with bearing on its geological age, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotion. PeerJ 5:e3316
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to L. Dewaele et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes
Subtaxa: Nanophoca vitulinoides
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (4), the Netherlands (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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