Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combination: Phoca wymani
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1854. The Ancient Fauna Nebraska: or, a Description of Remains of Extinct Mammalia and Chelonia, From the Mauvaises Terres of Nebraska. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 6(6):1-126
Belongs to Monotherium according to J. P. Rule and T. Park 2024
See also Berta et al. 2022, Berta et al. 2015, Case 1904, Deméré et al. 2003, Dewaele et al. 2018, Dooley 2003, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1922, Koretsky 2001, Leidy 1854, Leidy 1857, Leidy 1869 and Ray 1976
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ANSP 11225, a set of teeth. Its type locality is State Penitentiary, which is in a Serravallian coastal sandstone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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