Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combinations: Ogmorhinus (Ogmorhinus) leptonyx, Ogmorhinus leptonyx, Phoca leptonyx, Stenorhynchus leptonyx
Full reference: M. H. D. de Blainville. 1820. Sur quelques cranes de phoques. Journal de Physique 91:286-300
Belongs to Hydrurga according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003
See also Berta et al. 2018, Cullen et al. 2014, de Blainville 1820, Friant 1947, Gill 1866, Gray 1844, Gray 1866, Gray 1871, Gray 1873, Gray 1850, Kellogg 1922, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Turner 1912
Sister taxon: Ogmorhinus (Ogmorhinus)
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (3 collections), Argentina (1), Chile (1), New Zealand (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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