Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Full reference: C. Muizon. 1981. Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou). Premiere parti: Deux nouveaux Monachina (Phocidae, Mammalia) du Pliocene de Sud-Sacaco. Recherche sur les grandes civilisations Memoire 6:1-150

Parent taxon: Monachinae according to T. L. Fulton and C. Strobeck 2010

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore