Sarmatonectes sintsovi Koretsky 2001 (seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109

Belongs to Sarmatonectes according to A. Berta et al. 2022

See also Koretsky 2001 and Koretsky and Barnes 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 1713/140, a limb element (right femur). Its type locality is Chisinau, which is in a Sarmatian marine horizon in Moldova.

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chisinau

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