Afrophoca
| Afrophoca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Phocidae |
| Genus: | †Afrophoca Koretsky and Domning, 2014 |
| Species: | †A. libyca |
| Binomial name | |
| Afrophoca libyca Koretsky and Domning, 2014 | |
Afrophoca is an extinct genus of earless seal from Miocene-age marine deposits in Libya.[1]
References
- ↑ I. A. Koretsky and D. P. Domning. 2014. One of the oldest seals (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the Old World. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):224-229.
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