Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative spelling: Phoca (Histriophoca)
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta 2018
See also Allen 1880, Allen 1902, 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, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 1991, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1904, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes
Subtaxa: Histriophoca alekseevi Histriophoca fasciata
Type: Histriophoca fasciata
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Arctic Ocean (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: Alaska)
• Miocene of Moldova (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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