Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: M. Kretzoi. 1941. Foka-maradvanyok az erdi Szarmatabol. Foldtani Kozlony 71:274-279
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. Berta 2009
See also Berta 2002, Berta 2017, Deméré et al. 2003, Koretsky 1991, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Grigorescu 2002, Koretsky et al. 2014, McKenna and Bell 1997, McLaren 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Auroraphoca, Australophoca, Callophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Magnotherium, Mesotaria, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium wymani, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Paleophoca nystii, Palmidophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pristiphoca, Pristiphoca occitana, Sarcodectes, Seronectes, Terranectes, Terranectes magnus, Terranectes parvus, Virginiaphoca
Subtaxa: Pontophoca jutlandica Pontophoca sarmatica Pontophoca simionescui
Type: Pontophoca simionescui
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Denmark (1), Moldova (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (2)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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