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Virginiaphoca

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Virginiaphoca
Temporal range: Neogene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Virginiaphoca
Dewaele et. al., 2018
Species:
V. magurai
Binomial name
Virginiaphoca magurai
Dewaele et. al., 2018

Virginiaphoca is an extinct genus of monachine phocid that lived in Virginia during the Neogene period. It contains a single species, V. magurai.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Dewaele, Leonard; Peredo, Carlos Mauricio; Meyvisch, Pjotr; Louwye, Stephen (7 March 2018). "Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species". Royal Society Open Science. 5 (3): 172437. doi:10.1098/rsos.172437. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 5882749. PMID 29657825. Retrieved 2 January 2025.