Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combinations: Monatherium affine, Monatherium affinis, Monotherium affine
Full reference: E. Vanden Broeck. 1874. Esquisse Geologique & paleontologique des depots Pliocenes des Environs d'Anvers. Memoires de la Societe Malacologiques de Belgique 9:87-374
Belongs to Frisiphoca according to L. Dewaele et al. 2018
See also Berta et al. 2022, Berta et al. 2015, Friant 1947, Kellogg 1922, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Domning 2014, Ray 1976, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden 1876 and Vanden Broeck 1874
Sister taxon: Frisiphoca aberratum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sablesmoyens d'Anvers, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (2 collections), United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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