Pliophoca etrusca Tavani 1941 (seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: G. Tavani. 1941. Revisione dei resti del pinnipede conservato nel museo di geologia di Pisa. Palaeontographica Italica 40:97-112

Belongs to Pliophoca according to L. Dewaele et al. 2018

See also Berta et al. 2018, Berta et al. 2022, Berta et al. 2015, Deméré et al. 2003, Hendey 1972, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2008, Koretsky and Ray 2008, Mendez et al. 2000, Tavani 1941 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Casa Nuova, which is in a Piacenzian coastal claystone in the Argille Azzurre Formation of Italy

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Egypt (1 collection), Italy (4), Spain (2)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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