Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic / Neogene / Miocene
- Record Last Modified
- 17 Oct 2024
- Skeletal Morphology
- Appendicular elements, proximal femur, distal humerus, humerus, partial pelvic girdle, bone scrap(20)
- Stratigraphy
- / Pisco Fm
- Collection Date
- 2 Dec 1988
- Collector
- Larson Et Al
- Place
- Peru, South America
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- Paleogeneral
- Mammals Marine
- Mammalia Marine
- Paleobiology
- Published Name
- Australophoca changorum Valenzuela-Toro et al., 2016
- Piscophoca sp
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- USNM Number
- PAL438707
- Type Citation
- Valenzuela-Toro, A., Pyenson, N. D., et al. 2016. A new dwarf seal from the late Neogene of South America and the evolution of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere. 2 (1): 101-115.
- Type Status
- holotype
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Carnivora Phocidae Monachinae
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3445471
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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