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 J. P. Rule and T. Park 2024
See also Berta et al. 2018, Berta et al. 2022, Berta et al. 2015, Deméré et al. 2003, Dewaele et al. 2018, 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), France (1), Italy (4), Spain (2)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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