Family Cystophoridae Gray 1866 (pinniped)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Cystophoridae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum 1-402
Parent taxon: Pinnipedia according to A. W. Scott 1873
Sister taxa: Desmatophocidae, Odobenidae, Otarioidea, Palaeotaria, Panotariidae, Phocidae, Phocoidea, Squalodon modesta
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cystophoridae in the database