Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative spellings: Lobodoninae, Lobodontina, Lobodontinae
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to L. Dewaele and C. de Muizon 2024
See also Amson and Muizon 2013, Berta et al. 2018, Davis et al. 2004, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Govender 2018, Hafed et al. 2024, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1922, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2008, Ling and Bryden 1992, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1981, Muizon and Hendey 1980, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Stirling 1971 and Weber 1928
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Australophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Magnotherium, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Sarcodectes
Subtaxa: Magophoca
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence