Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative spelling: Phoca (Pagophilus)
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Allen 1902, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Gill 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1871, Gray 1850, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1981, Palmer 1904, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Paratethyphoca, Phoca, Phocini, Praepusa, Pusa
Subtaxa: Pagophilus groenlandica
Type: Pagophilus groenlandica
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (11: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec collections), Finland (2), Germany (2), Greenland (12), the Netherlands (2), Norway (4), Poland (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (5), United States (2: Alaska, Maine)
Total: 42 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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