Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: M. Cozzuol. 2001. A "northern" seal from the Miocene of Argentina: Implications for phocid phylogeny and biogeography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):415-421

Parent taxon: Lobodontini according to L. Dewaele and C. de Muizon 2025

See also Berta 2017, Berta et al. 2018, Cozzuol 2001 and Fulton and Strobeck 2010

Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Icaphoca, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Magophoca, Ommatophoca, Piscophoca, Sarcodectes

Subtaxa: Kawas benegasorum

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Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Punta San Román (Miocene of Argentina)

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