†Devinophoca claytoni Koretsky and Holec 2002 (seal)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: I. A. Koretsky and P. Holec. 2002. A primitive seal (Mammalia: Phocidae) from the early middle Miocene of central Paratethys. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:163-178
Belongs to Devinophoca according to J. P. Rule and T. Park 2024
See also Berta et al. 2022, Koretsky and Holec 2002 and Rahmat and Koretsky 2018
Sister taxon: Devinophoca emryi
Type specimen: SNM Z14523, a partial skull. Its type locality is Bonanza site, which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone/sandstone in the Studienka Formation of Slovakia.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bonanza site
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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