Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: I. A. Koretsky and A. M. M. Peters. 2008. Batavipusa (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae): a new genus from the eastern shore of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part II). Deinsea 12:53-62
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to I. A. Koretsky and A. M. M. Peters 2008
See also Berta 2017
Sister taxa: Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes
Subtaxa: Batavipusa neerlandica
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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