Pusa Scopoli 1777 (Arctic seal)
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
Ecology: scansorial insectivore