†Kawas benegasorum Cozzuol 2001 (seal)
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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
Belongs to Kawas according to A. Berta et al. 2022
See also Berta et al. 2018, Cozzuol 2001 and Koretsky and Domning 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MEF-PV 601, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Punta San Román, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Puerto Madryn Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Punta San Román
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