Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: L. Dewaele, O. Lambert, and S. Louwye. 2018. A critical revision of the fossil record, stratigraphy and diversity of the Neogene seal genus Monotherium (Carnivora, Phocidae). Royal Society Open Science 5:171669
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to L. Dewaele et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Auroraphoca, Australophoca, Callophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mesotaria, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium wymani, Neomonachus, Ommatophoca, Paleophoca nystii, Palmidophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Pristiphoca, Pristiphoca occitana, Sarcodectes, Seronectes, Terranectes, Terranectes magnus, Terranectes parvus, Virginiaphoca
Subtaxa: Noriphoca gaudini
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chietino (Miocene of Italy)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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