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: Phocinae according to A. Berta et al. 2018

See also Berta 2017, Cozzuol 2001 and Fulton and Strobeck 2010

Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes

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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