Australophoca Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2016 (seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: A. Valenzuela-Toro, N. D. Pyenson, C. S. Gutstein and M. E. Suarez. 2016. A new dwarf seal from the Late Neogene of South America and the evolution of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere. Papers in Palaeontology 2(1):101-115

Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017 and Berta et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Auroraphoca, Callophoca, Hadrokirus, 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: Australophoca changorum

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Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (2 collections), Peru (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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