Virginiaphoca
| Virginiaphoca Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Phocidae |
| Subfamily: | Monachinae |
| Genus: | †Virginiaphoca Dewaele et. al., 2018 |
| Species: | †V. magurai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Virginiaphoca magurai Dewaele et. al., 2018 | |
Virginiaphoca is an extinct genus of monachine phocid known from the Eastover Formation of Virginia, US during the Late Miocene period. It contains a single species, V. magurai.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Dewaele, Leonard; Peredo, Carlos Mauricio; Meyvisch, Pjotr; Louwye, Stephen (7 March 2018). "Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species". Royal Society Open Science. 5 (3) 172437. doi:10.1098/rsos.172437. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 5882749. PMID 29657825. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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