Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocadae
Alternative combinations: Monatherium maeoticum, Monotherium maeoticum, Phoca maeotica
Synonym: Monotherium maeotica Koretsky 2001
Full reference: A. Nordmann. 1860. Palaentologie Sudresslands 1-360
Belongs to Cryptophoca according to I. A. Koretsky and C. E. Ray 1994
See also Alekseev 1924, Berta et al. 2022, Deméré et al. 2003, Friant 1947, Grigorescu 1977, Hendey 1972, Kellogg 1922, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Koretsky and Domning 2014, Macarovici 1944, McLaren 1960, Nordmann 1860, Simionescu 1931, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Cryptophoca maeotica: N1815, a limb element (femur). Its type locality is Chisinau, which is in a Sarmatian marine horizon in Moldova.
- Monotherium maeotica:
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), Malta (1), Moldova (4), Romania (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (5)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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