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Taxonomy
Virginiaphoca was named by Dewaele et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Monachinae by Dewaele et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Monachinae by Dewaele et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2018 | Virginiaphoca Dewaele et al. p. 18 figs. figures 3g, 4g, 5g, 6g |
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G. †Virginiaphoca Dewaele et al. 2018
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†Virginiaphoca magurai Dewaele et al. 2018
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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L. Dewaele et al. 2018 | Virginiaphoca magurai is a medium-sized phocid, comparable in size to the extant phocine
Phoca vitulina (1.5–1.9m). Virginiaphoca magurai is typically monachine in that the deltopectoral crest terminates smoothly distally, and differs from extant and other extinct Monachinae by the following characters: strong proximodistal compression of the humeral head (except Monachus spp., Ommatophoca rossii), a very reduced overhanging humeral neck, and the presence of an entepicondylar foramen (also present in H. capensis and Monotherium). Differs additionally from Homiphoca sp. by the reduction of the epicondylar crest. |