Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: J. P. Rule, J. W. Adams, D. S. Rovinsky, D. P. Hocking, A. R. Evans and E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2020. A new large-bodied Pliocene seal with unusual cutting teeth. Royal Society Open Science 7:1-32
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. B. Hafed et al. 2024
See also Rule et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Australophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca
Subtaxa: Sarcodectes magnus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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