Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: G. Tavani. 1941. Revisione dei resti del pinnipede conservato nel museo di geologia di Pisa. Palaeontographica Italica 40:97-112
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to L. Dewaele et al. 2018
See also Amson and Muizon 2013, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Berta et al. 2015, Deméré et al. 2003, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Hendey 1972, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2008, Koretsky and Ray 2008, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mendez et al. 2000, Muizon 1981, Muizon 1982, Tavani 1941 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Auroraphoca, Australophoca, Callophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mesotaria, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium wymani, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Paleophoca nystii, Palmidophoca, Piscophoca, Pontophoca, Pristiphoca, Pristiphoca occitana, Sarcodectes, Seronectes, Terranectes, Terranectes magnus, Terranectes parvus, Virginiaphoca
Subtaxa: Pliophoca etrusca
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Egypt (1 collection), France (1), Italy (4), Spain (2)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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