†Eomonachus Rule et al. 2020 (seal)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: J. P. Rule, J. W. Adams, F. G. Marx, A. R. Evans, A. J. D. Tennyson, R. P. Scofield, and E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2020. First monk seal from the Southern Hemisphere rewrites the evolutionary history of true seals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20202318
Parent taxon: Monachini according to J. P. Rule et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Eomonachus belegaerensis
Type: Eomonachus belegaerensis
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Waihi Beach (Pliocene of New Zealand)
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