Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. Berta et al. 2015
See also Amson and Muizon 2013, Berta et al. 2018, Davis et al. 2004, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2008, Koretsky and Grigorescu 2002, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1981, Rule et al. 2020, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Tedford 1976
Sister taxa: Afrophoca, Australophoca, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monotherium, Noriphoca, Pontophoca
Subtaxa: Eomonachus Monachus Neomonachus Pliophoca
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (11 collections), Belize (2), Bonaire (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (5), Curaçao (3), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Guadeloupe (1), Haiti (2), Honduras (7), Italy (3), Jamaica (5), Mexico (11), Morocco (4), Nicaragua (2), Portugal (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), Spain (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (35: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Virgin Islands), Venezuela (2), Virgin Islands (2)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), France (1), Italy (5), New Zealand (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 121 collections including 123 occurrences