Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 72256

Alternative spelling: Phoca (Pusa)

Parent taxon: Phocinae according to A. Berta 2018

Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Frisiphoca, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Sarmatonectes

Subtaxa: Pusa caspica, Pusa hispida, Pusa sibirica

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore