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Piscophoca
Taxonomy
Piscophoca was named by Muizon (1981). Its type is Piscophoca pacifica.
It was assigned to Lobodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phocidae by Carroll (1988), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Berta (2009), Canto et al. (2010); to Monachinae by Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Berta (2017), Berta (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019); and to Lobodontini by Muizon (1981), Muizon (1982), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Amson and Muizon (2013), Berta et al. (2018), Dewaele and de Muizon (2025).
It was assigned to Lobodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phocidae by Carroll (1988), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Berta (2009), Canto et al. (2010); to Monachinae by Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Berta (2017), Berta (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019); and to Lobodontini by Muizon (1981), Muizon (1982), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Amson and Muizon (2013), Berta et al. (2018), Dewaele and de Muizon (2025).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Piscophoca Muizon p. 19 |
| 1982 | Piscophoca Muizon p. 205 figs. Table 1 |
| 1988 | Pisciphoca Carroll |
| 1997 | Piscophoca McKenna and Bell p. 260 |
| 1998 | Piscophoca Rice |
| 2001 | Piscophoca Koretsky p. 86 |
| 2002 | Piscophoca Berta p. 923 |
| 2003 | Piscophoca Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2009 | Piscophoca Berta p. 863 |
| 2010 | Piscophoca Canto et al. p. 22 |
| 2010 | Piscophoca Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2013 | Piscophoca Amson and Muizon |
| 2017 | Piscophoca Berta p. 157 |
| 2018 | Piscophoca Berta p. 715 figs. Fig. 3C |
| 2018 | Piscophoca Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2019 | Piscophoca Kienle and Berta |
| 2025 | Piscophoca Dewaele and de Muizon p. 491 figs. Figure 12 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available