Cystophora Nilsson 1820 (hooded seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Synonyms: Cystophoca Schufeldt 1890, Stemmatopis Gloger 1841, Stemmatops Van der Hoeven 1855, Stemmatopus Cuvier 1824

Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta 2018

See also Allen 1880, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta et al. 2018, Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Gill 1866, Gray 1850, Gray 1871, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Holec 2002, Koretsky and Rahmat 2013, Kovacs and Lavigne 1986, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1904, Rice 1998, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Sherman 1952, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Turner 1912

Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes

Subtaxa: Cystophora cristata

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Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (5 collections), Norway (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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