Virginiaphoca
Appearance
Virginiaphoca Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Phocidae |
Genus: | Virginiaphoca Dewaele et. al., 2018 |
Species: | V. magurai
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Binomial name | |
Virginiaphoca magurai Dewaele et. al., 2018
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.