†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 J. P. Rule and T. Park 2024
See also Berta et al. 2018, Berta et al. 2022, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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