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

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Type: Messiphoca mauretanica

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore