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
Belongs to Magophoca according to L. Dewaele and C. de Muizon 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN.F.PPI276, a partial skeleton (partial left rostrum, fragmentary horizontal ramus of left mandible, left M1; all cervical vertebrae, including subcomplete atlas, partial axis, and Ce3–7 in va). Its type locality is Cerro la Bruja, which is in a Miocene offshore shelf siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro la Bruja
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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