Callophoca

Callophoca; Temporal range: late Miocene–early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Clade:	Pinnipediformes
Clade:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Phocidae
Subfamily:	Monachinae
Genus:	†Callophoca; van Beneden, 1876
Species
	C. obscura van Beneden, 1876 (type species);

Callophoca is an extinct genus of earless seals from the late Miocene to early Pliocene of Belgium and the US Eastern Seaboard.

The type and only species of Callophoca is C. obscura.[1] Mesotaria ambigua, based on the lectotype humerus IRSNB 1156-M177, is a synonym. Although numerous non-humeral bones have been assigned to Callophoca, they are best considered Monachinae indet. pending further study because they have been found, isolated, leaving the M. ambigua lectotype, IRSNB 1116-M188, IRSNB VERT-17172-301b, and USNM 186944 the only unambiguous referred specimens of Callophoca.[2]

References

Yarlagadda, Tara (13 November 2020). "Unusual Teeth Reveal A New Species And A Twist On Evolution". Inverse. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
Leonard Dewaele; Carlos Mauricio Peredo; Pjotr Meyvisch; Stephen Louwye (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.

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[INV-20201113-1] Yarlagadda, Tara (13 November 2020). "Unusual Teeth Reveal A New Species And A Twist On Evolution". Inverse. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[2] Leonard Dewaele; Carlos Mauricio Peredo; Pjotr Meyvisch; Stephen Louwye (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.