Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Allen 1880, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Gill 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1871, Gray 1850, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1981, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Turner 1912
Sister taxa: Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocini, Praepusa, Pusa
Subtaxa: Halichoerus (Halichoerus) Halichoerus grypus
Type: Halichoerus grypus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Quebec collections), Estonia (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (1), Spain (2), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: South Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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