Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: S. Rahmat, A. B. Hafed, S. J. Godfrey, J. R. Nance, and I. A. Koretsky. 2021. A new unusual Monachinae from the Neogene of the Atlantic Coastal Plain (Maryland, USA). Historical Biology

Parent taxon: Monachinae according to L. Dewaele 2026

See also Rahmat et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Afrophoca, Australophoca, Lobodontini, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monotherium, Noriphoca, Pontophoca

Subtaxa: Magnotherium johnsii

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Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Windmill Point (Miocene of Maryland)

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