Tribe Erignathini Chapski 1955 (seal)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta et al. 2018
See also Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2008, Muizon 1981, Muizon 1982 and Scheffer and Rice 1963
Sister taxa: Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathus, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Paratethyphoca, Phoca, Phocini, Praepusa, Pusa
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Erignathini in the database