Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 53277
Alternative spelling: Morunga
Synonyms: Macrorhinus Cuvier 1824 (no. 104984), Macrorhyna Gray 1827 (no. 104985), Physorhinus Gloger 1841 (no. 105016), Rhinophoca Wagler 1830 (no. 105015)
Parent taxon: Monachinae according to A. Berta 2018
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Afrophoca, Auroraphoca, Australophoca, Callophoca, Hadrokirus, Homiphoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Lobodontini, Mesotaria, Miroungini, Monachini, Monachus, Monotherium wymani, Neomonachus, Noriphoca, Ommatophoca, Paleophoca nystii, Palmidophoca, Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Pontophoca, Pristiphoca, Pristiphoca occitana, Terranectes, Terranectes magnus, Terranectes parvus, Virginiaphoca
Subtaxa: Mirounga angustirostris, Mirounga leonina, Morunga elephantina
Ecology: scansorial insectivore