†Virginiaphoca magurai Dewaele et al. 2018 (seal)
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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
Belongs to Virginiaphoca according to L. Dewaele et al. 2018
See also Berta et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 639750, a limb element (subcomplete left humerus). Its type locality is Nottaway River, which is in a Miocene/Zanclean marine horizon in the Eastover Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nottaway River
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