Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: C. Muizon. 1981. Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou). Premiere parti: Deux nouveaux Monachina (Phocidae, Mammalia) du Pliocene de Sud-Sacaco. Recherche sur les grandes civilisations Memoire 6:1-150
Belongs to Piscophoca 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, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001 and Muizon 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SAS 564. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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