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Taxonomy
Afrophoca was named by Koretsky and Domning (2014). Its type is Afrophoca libyca.
It was assigned to Monachinae by Koretsky and Domning (2014), Berta (2017) and Berta et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Monachinae by Koretsky and Domning (2014), Berta (2017) and Berta et al. (2018).
Species
A. libyca (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Afrophoca Koretsky and Domning p. 224 figs. Fig. 1C–E; Table 1 |
| 2017 | Afrophoca Berta p. 157 |
| 2018 | Afrophoca Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Afrophoca Koretsky and Domning 2014
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†Afrophoca libyca Koretsky and Domning 2014
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| I. A. Koretsky and D. P. Domning 2014 | Seal of medium size, with extremely short and deep mandible, differing from all other fossil and extant monachines in that (1) supplementary cheek tooth cusps are weakly developed; (2) metaconid and basal cingulum are weakly developed; and (3) teeth are square and relatively large. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Libya | A. libyca (153675) |