Magophoca Dewaele and de Muizon 2024 (seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: L. Dewaele and C. de Muizon. 2024. A new monachine seal (Monachinae, Phocidae, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Cerro La Bruja (Ica department, Peru). Geodiversitas 46(3):31-100

Parent taxon: Lobodontini according to L. Dewaele and C. de Muizon 2024

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Magophoca brevirostris

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Type: Magophoca brevirostris

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro la Bruja (Miocene of Peru)

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