Subfamily Desmatophocinae Mitchell 1966 (pinniped)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
Alternative spelling: Desmatophocini
Full reference: E. D. Mitchell. 1966. The Miocene pinniped Allodesmus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 61:1-105
Parent taxon: Desmatophocidae according to L. G. Barnes 2008
See also Barnes 1972, Barnes 1979, Barnes 1987, Barnes 1989, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1966 and Mitchell 1968
Sister taxa: Allodesminae, Desmatophoca, Eodesmus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Desmatophocinae in the database