Platyphoca

Extinct genus of carnivores From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Platyphoca 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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Platyphoca
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Parvorder: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae
Subfamily: Phocinae
Tribe: Erignathini
Genus: †Platyphoca
van Beneden, 1876
Species
  • P. vulgaris van Beneden, 1876 (type species)
  • P. danica Koretsky, Rahmat, and Peters, 2014
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Fossils

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

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