Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative spellings: Lobodoninae, Lobodontina, Lobodontinae
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to L. Dewaele and C. de Muizon 2025
See also Amson and Muizon 2013, Berta et al. 2018, Davis et al. 2004, Dewaele and de Muizon 2024, 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: Afrophoca, Australophoca, Magnotherium, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monotherium, Noriphoca, Pontophoca
Subtaxa: Acrophoca Hadrokirus Homiphoca Hydrurga Icaphoca Kawas Leptonychotes Lobodon Magophoca Ommatophoca Piscophoca Sarcodectes
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (7 collections), Argentina (1), Chile (1), New Zealand (3), South Africa (4)
• Pliocene of South Africa (7), Spain (2), United States (2: North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (4)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Chile (7), Peru (6), South Africa (1), United States (2: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 49 collections including 67 occurrences