Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: L. Dewaele, C. M. Peredo, P. Meyvisch and S. Louwye. 2018. Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species. Royal Society Open Science 5(172437):1-27
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to L. Dewaele et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Australophoca, 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: Auroraphoca atlantica
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)
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