Superfamily Phocoidea Smirnov 1908 (pinniped)
Synonym: Amphibiae Gray 1821
Parent taxon: Pinnipedia according to A. Berta 2009
See also Berta 1994, Berta 2002, Burns and Fay 1970, Deméré et al. 2003, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Gray 1821, Hafed et al. 2021, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky et al. 2015, Koretsky et al. 2014, Koretsky et al. 2012, Ling and Bryden 1992, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rice 1998, Riedman 1990 and Scheffer and Rice 1963
Sister taxa: Cystophoridae, Desmatophocidae, Odobenidae, Otarioidea, Palaeotaria, Panotariidae, Phocidae, Squalodon modesta
Subtaxa: Phocadae
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (11: Newfoundland, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon collections), Greenland (8)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence