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
Belongs to Australophoca according to A. Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2016
See also Berta et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 438707, a partial skeleton (incomplete right ulna, right radius, right and left humeri, and other unidentified remains). Its type locality is Aguada de Lomas, which is in a Tortonian 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.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.