Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combination: Periptychus argentinus
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1893. Periptychus argentinus. Les mammiferes fossiles de la Patagonie australe, in Revue Scientifique 51:13
Belongs to Properiptychus according to I. Koretsky 2001
See also Ameghino 1893, Ameghino 1897, Berta et al. 2022, Berta et al. 2015, Cozzuol 1996, Muizon and Bond 1982 and Soibelzon and Bond 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN 11593, a maxilla (portion of maxilla with P3/). Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Parana Fm., which is in a Serravallian estuary/bay mudstone/sandstone in the Parana Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Parana Fm.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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