Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combination: Phoca (Pusa) pannonica
Full reference: M. Kretzoi. 1941. Foka-maradvanyok az erdi Szarmatabol. Foldtani Kozlony 71:274-279
Belongs to Praepusa according to J. P. Rule and T. Park 2024
See also Antoniuk and Koretsky 1984, Berta et al. 2022, Koretsky 1991, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky 2003, Koretsky et al. 2015, Kretzoi 1941 and McLaren 1960
Sister taxa: Praepusa procaspica, Praepusa tarchankutica
Type specimen: HGI Aw n1, a mandible. Its type locality is Erd, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in Hungary.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Hungary (1 collection), Moldova (2), Romania (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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