Praepusa
Praepusa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Caniformia |
Superfamily: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Phocidae |
Genus: | †Praepusa Kretzoi, 1941 |
Species | |
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Praepusa is an extinct genus of earless seals from Neogene marine deposits in Europe.
There are five recognized species of Praepusa: P. boeska, known from Pliocene deposits in the Netherlands,[1] P. magyaricus, found in Serravallian-age deposits in Hungary,[2] P. pannonica, known from Miocene marine deposits in the eastern Paratethys,[3] P. tarchankutica, known from the Miocene of the Ukraine,[4] and P. vindobonensis, known from Miocene marine deposits in central and eastern Europe.
References
- ↑ I. A. Koretsky, N. Peters, and S. Rahmat. 2015. New species of Praepusa (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from the Netherlands supports east to west Neogene dispersal of true seals. Vestnik zoologii 49(1):57-66
- ↑ I. A. Koretsky. 2003. New finds of Sarmatian seals (Mammalia, Carnivora, Phocinae) from southern Hungary. Advances in Vertebrate Paleontology "Hen to Panta" 63-70.
- ↑ I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109
- ↑ A. A. Antoniuk and I. A. Koretsky. 1984. A new seal species from the middle Sarmatian deposits of the Crimean district of Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii 1984(4):26-31
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