Piscophoca
| Piscophoca Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| Piscophoca pacifica skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Phocidae |
| Genus: | Piscophoca Muizon, 1981 |
| Species: | P. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Piscophoca pacifica Muizon, 1981 | |
Piscophoca is an extinct genus of pinniped.[1]
Piscophoca sp. skull
References
- ↑ Valenzuela-Toro, A. M.; Gutstein, C. S.; Varas-Malca, R. M.; Suarez, M. E.; Pyenson, N. D. (2013). "Pinniped turnover in the South Pacific Ocean: New evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, Chile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33: 216. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.710282.
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