Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: C. Muizon and Q.B. Hendey. 1980. Late Tertiary seals of the South Atlantic Ocean. Annals of the South African Museum 82(3):91-128

Parent taxon: Phocidae according to A. Berta 2009

Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Cystophorinae, Devinophocinae, Halichoerina, Monachina, Monachinae, Ogmorhininae, Palmidophoca, Phocinae, Piscophoca, Stenorhynchina

Subtaxa: Homiphoca capensis

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Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore