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
Belongs to Hadrokirus according to A. M. Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024
See also Amson and Muizon 2013, Berta et al. 2018 and Berta et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Hadrokirus novotini
Type specimen: MNHN.F.SAS 1627, a partial skull. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (2 collections), Peru (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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