Lobodon carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot 1843 (crabeater seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Alternative combinations: Lobodon carcinophagus, Ogmorhinus (Lobodon) carcinophaga, Ogmorhinus (Lobodon) carcinophagus, Ogmorhinus carcinophaga, Phoca carcinophaga, Stenorhynchus carcinophaga

Synonym: Stenorhynchus serridens Owen 1843

Full reference: J. B. Hombron and H. Jacquinot. 1843. Voyage au pole sud et dans l'oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee; ex- ecute par ordre du roi pendant les annees 1837-1838-1839- 1840, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont-Durville, capitaine de vaisseau

Belongs to Lobodon according to P. J. Adam 2005

See also Berta et al. 2018, Cullen et al. 2014, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Gill 1866, Gray 1844, Gray 1866, Gray 1850, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hombron and Jacquinot 1843, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxon: Leptorhynchus crassidens

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (3 collections), South Africa (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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