Piscophoca

Piscophoca; Temporal range: Late Miocene; ~11–6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Piscophoca pacifica skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Clade:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Phocidae
Subfamily:	Monachinae
Genus:	†Piscophoca; Muizon, 1981
Species:	†P. pacifica
Binomial name
	†Piscophoca pacifica; Muizon, 1981

Piscophoca is an extinct genus of pinniped. The genus was named after the fossiliferous Pisco Formation in Peru, where the holotype was found. Other fossils of the genus were found in the Bahía Inglesa Formation of the Caldera Basin in Chile.^[1]

References

^ Valenzuela-Toro, A. M.; Gutstein, C. S.; Varas-Malca, R. M.; Suarez, M. E.; Pyenson, N. D. (2013). "Pinniped turnover in the South Pacific Ocean: New evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, Chile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33: 216. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.710282.

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[1] Valenzuela-Toro, A. M.; Gutstein, C. S.; Varas-Malca, R. M.; Suarez, M. E.; Pyenson, N. D. (2013). "Pinniped turnover in the South Pacific Ocean: New evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, Chile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33: 216. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.710282.

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Piscophoca Temporal range: Late Miocene ~11–6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Piscophoca pacifica skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Clade:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Phocidae
Subfamily:	Monachinae
Genus:	†Piscophoca Muizon, 1981
Species:	†P. pacifica
Binomial name
†Piscophoca pacifica Muizon, 1981