Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative spelling: Phoca (Erignathus)
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Allen 1880, Allen 1902, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Gill 1866, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1922, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Holec 2002, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1981, Muizon 1982, Newton 1891, Rice 1998, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes
Subtaxa: Erignathus barbatus
Type: Erignathus barbatus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (41: Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon collections), Greenland (14), Iceland (1), the Netherlands (1), North Atlantic (2), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (2), United States (16: Alaska, Maine, Massachusetts, South Carolina)
Total: 90 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.