Gryphoca

Extinct genus of carnivores From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gryphoca is an extinct genus of earless seals from Neogene marine deposits in the North Sea basin.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Parvorder:Pinnipedia
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Gryphoca
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Parvorder: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae
Subfamily: Phocinae
Tribe: Phocini
Genus: †Gryphoca
van Beneden, 1876
Species
  • G. similis van Beneden, 1876 (type species)
  • G. nordica Koretsky, Rahmat, and Peters, 2014
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Fossils

There are two recognized species of Gryphoca, G. similis and G. nordica. G. similis is known from Pliocene marine deposits in the Antwerp region of Belgium, while fossils of P. nordica have been found in the Tortonian-age Gram Formation in Denmark.[1][2]

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