Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Alternative spelling: Phoca (Callophoca)

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les phoques fossiles du bassin d'Anvers. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 41:783-803

Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. Berta 2009

Sister taxa: Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Mirounga, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium, Ommatophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Pristiphoca

Subtaxa: Callophoca obscura

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Type: Callophoca obscura

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore