FIRST RECORD OF FOSSIL CYSTOPHORINAE (CARNIVORA, PHOCIDAE): MIDDLE MIOCENE SEALS FROM THE NORTHERN PARATETHYS

FIRST RECORD OF FOSSIL CYSTOPHORINAE (CARNIVORA, PHOCIDAE): MIDDLE MIOCENE SEALS FROM THE NORTHERN PARATETHYS

Despite a long history of phocid studies, no fossil members of the Subfamily Cystophorinae have ever been described. New fossil material from the Middle Sarmatian (11.2-12.3 Ma) in the Paratethyan Basin of Ukraine allows emended diagnoses and redescriptions to help clarify phylogenetic relationships...

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Main Authors: IRINA A. KORETSKY, SULMAN J. RAHMAT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2013-11-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Phocidae
Cystophorinae
pachyosteosclerosis
sexual dimorphism
Miocene
Middle Sarmatian
Paratethys
Ukraine
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6043

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