Afrophoca
Afrophoca was thought to be an extinct genus of earless seal from Miocene-age marine deposits in Libya.[1] However, it has been demonstrated by Pickford & Muizon, 2024, that the type and only known specimen is from a medium-sized anthracothere, Afromeryx zelteni Pickford, 1991.
| Afrophoca Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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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