Phoca caspica Nilsson 1837

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Alternative combinations: Callocephalus caspica, Callocephalus caspicus, Phoca (Phoca) caspica, Phoca (Pusa) caspica, Phoca caspia, Pusa hispida caspica

Belongs to Phoca according to M. Riedman 1990

See also Allen 1880, Berta and Churchill 2012, Berta et al. 2018, Bogachev 1927, Cullen et al. 2014, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McLaren 1960, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Phoca (Phoca), Phoca hispida, Phoca largha, Phoca moori, Phoca vitulina

Distribution: found only at Caspian Sea, NE (Quaternary of Russian Federation)

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