Acrophoca
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Arctophoca.
Acrophoca longirostris, sometimes called the swan-necked seal, is an extinct genus of Late Miocene pinniped. It was thought to have been the ancestor of the modern leopard seal; however, it is now thought to be a species of monk seal.
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Acrophoca | |
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Display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Phocidae |
Subfamily: | Monachinae |
Tribe: | Lobodontini |
Genus: | †Acrophoca Muizon, 1981 |
Species: | †A. longirostris |
Binomial name | |
†Acrophoca longirostris Muizon, 1981 | |
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