Afrophoca

Afrophoca; Temporal range: Burdigalian–Langhian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

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.

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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[1] 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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