Pachyphoca
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Pachyphoca is an extinct genus of earless seals from Neogene marine deposits in the northern part of the Paratethys basin.
Fossils
There are two recognized species of Pachyphoca, P. ukrainica and P. chapskii, both of which have been found in Serravallian-Tortonian-aged marine deposits in the Ukraine.[1]
References
- ^ I. A. Koretsky and S. J. Rahmat. 2013. First record of fossil Cystophorinae (Carnivora, Phocidae): Middle Miocene seals from the northern Paratethys. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119(3):325-350.