Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combinations: Monachus (Monachus) ponticus, Phoca (Phoca) pontica, Phoca (Pusa) pontica, Phoca pontica, Pusa pontica
Full reference: E. Eichwald. 1850. Lethaea Rossica.
Belongs to Monachopsis according to P. Otriazhyi et al. 2025
See also Alekseev 1924, Alekseev 1924, Alekseev 1925, Berta et al. 2022, Bogachev 1927, Eichwald 1850, Friant 1947, Kellogg 1922, Koretsky 1991, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Kretzoi 1941, Macarovici 1944, McLaren 1960, Nordmann 1860, Rule and Park 2024, Scheffer 1967, Simionescu 1931, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPGI 17-113, a limb element (left humerus)
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Moldova (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (13)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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