Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative spelling: Monatherium (Leptophoca)
Full reference: F. W. True. 1906. Description of a new genus and species of fossil seal from the Miocene of Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30:835-840
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to L. Dewaele et al. 2017
See also Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta et al. 2018, Carroll 1988, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Hafed et al. 2023, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1922, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2008, Koretsky and Holec 2002, Koretsky et al. 2012, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1981, Muizon 1982, Sepkoski 2002, True 1906 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes
Subtaxa: Leptophoca proxima
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (5), the Netherlands (1), United States (29: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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