†Sarmatonectes sintsovi Koretsky 2001 (seal)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109
Belongs to Sarmatonectes according to A. Berta et al. 2022
See also Koretsky 2001 and Koretsky and Barnes 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 1713/140, a limb element (right femur). Its type locality is Chisinau, which is in a Sarmatian marine horizon in Moldova.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chisinau
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