Afrophoca

Extinct genus of carnivores

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 is an extinct genus of earless seal from Miocene-age marine deposits in Libya.^[1]

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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Genera of pinnipeds and their stem-allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Infraorder: Arctoidea

†Amphicynodontidae	Allocyon Amphicticeps Amphicynodon Drassonax Kolponomos Pachycynodon Parictis Wangictis
†Semantoridae	Necromites Potamotherium Puijila Semantor

Pinnipedimorpha

†Enaliarctos

Pinnipediformes

†Pacificotaria
†Pinnarctidion
†Pteronarctos

†Devinophoca

†Magnotherium
Monachini	†Afrophoca †Auroraphoca †Messiphoca Monachus Neomonachus †Eomonachus †Noriphoca †Palmidophoca †Pliophoca †Pontophoca †Pristiphoca †Terranectes
Miroungini	†Callophoca Mirounga
Lobodontini	†Acrophoca †Australophoca †Hadrokirus †Homiphoca Hydrurga Leptonychotes Lobodon Ommatophoca †Piscophoca †Properiptychus †Virginiaphoca

†Cryptophoca †Frisiphoca †Kawas †Leptophoca †Monachopsis †Monotherium †Phocanella †Prophoca †Sarmatonectes
Erignathini	Erignathus †Platyphoca
Cystophorini	Cystophora †Miophoca †Pachyphoca
Phocini	†Batavipusa †Gryphoca Halichoerus Histriophoca †Nanophoca Pagophilus Phoca †Planopusa †Praepusa Pusa

Otarioidea	see below↓

Kolponomos newportensis

Acrophoca longirostris

†Desmatophocidae

Allodesmus
Atopotarus
Desmatophoca
Eodesmus

†Archaeodobenus
†Imagotaria
†Kamtschatarctos
†Nanodobenus
†Neotherium
†Osodobenus
†Pelagiarctos
†Pontolis
†Proneotherium
†Prototaria
†Pseudotaria
†Titanotaria

†Dusignathinae	Dusignathus Gomphotaria
Odobeninae	†Aivukus Odobenus †Ontocetus †Pliopedia †Protodobenus †Valenictus

†Eotaria

Callorhinae

Callorhinus
†Pithanotaria

†Thalassoleon
Zalophini	Eumetopias †Oriensarctos †Proterozetes Zalophus
Otariini	Arctocephalus Arctophoca †Hydrarctos Neophoca Otaria Phocarctos

Gomphotaria pugnax

Lists
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