Tribe Cystophorini Gray 1866

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum 1-402

Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta et al. 2018

See also Burns and Fay 1970, Davis et al. 2004, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Kovacs and Lavigne 1986 and Muizon 1981

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

Subtaxa: Pachyphoca

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Distribution:

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Ukraine (4)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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