Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Suborder Pinnipedia Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Carnivora Family Phocidae | |
Similar Piscophoca, Pliophoca, Acrophoca, Desmatophocidae, Desmatophoca | ||
Monotherium is an extinct genus of phocid belonging to the subfamily Monachinae. It is known from fossils found in the middle to late Miocene of Belgium and the east coast of the United States.
Species
Four species are currently recognized as valid: Monotherium aberratum, M. affine, M. delognii, and M. wymanii. The first three are known for Tortonian-age deposits from Belgium, while M. wymanii is known from the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
References
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