†Messiphoca Muizon 1981 (seal)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: C. Muizon. 1981. Premier signalment de Monachinae (Phocidae, Mammalia) dans le Sahelien (Miocene Superieur) d'Oran (Algerie). Palaeovertebrata 11(5):181-194
Parent taxon: Monachini according to I. Koretsky 2001
Sister taxon: Properiptychus
Subtaxa: Messiphoca mauretanica
Type: Messiphoca mauretanica
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore