Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combinations: Callocephalus caspica, Callocephalus caspicus, Phoca (Phoca) caspica, Phoca (Pusa) caspica, Phoca caspia, Pusa hispida caspica
Belongs to Phoca according to M. Riedman 1990
See also Allen 1880, Berta and Churchill 2012, Berta et al. 2018, Bogachev 1927, Cullen et al. 2014, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Gray 1866, Gray 1850, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McLaren 1960, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Phoca (Phoca), Phoca hispida, Phoca largha, Phoca vitulina
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Caspian Sea, NE (Quaternary of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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