Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: V. V. Bogachev. 1940. A finding of a new sea mammal in the Apsheron stage near Baku. Priroda 94:94-94

Parent taxon: Phocinae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa

Subtaxa: Necromites nestoris

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Type: Necromites nestoris

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore