Hadrokirus Amson and Muizon 2013 (seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: E. Amson and C. Muizon. 2013. A new durophagous phocid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the late Neogene of Peru and considerations on monachine seals phylogeny. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(5):523-548

Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. M. Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024

See also Amson and Muizon 2013, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018 and Hafed et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Auroraphoca, Australophoca, Callophoca, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mesotaria, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium wymani, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Paleophoca nystii, Palmidophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Pristiphoca, Pristiphoca occitana, Sarcodectes, Seronectes, Terranectes, Terranectes magnus, Terranectes parvus, Virginiaphoca

Subtaxa: Hadrokirus martini Hadrokirus novotini

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Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Miocene of Chile (2), Peru (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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