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Piscophoca

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Extinct genus of carnivores

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

Piscophoca pacifica skull cast of a specimen fromPeru. At theAMNH.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Phocidae
Subfamily:	Monachinae
Genus:	†Piscophoca Muizon, 1981
Species:	†P. pacifica
Binomial name
†Piscophoca pacifica Muizon, 1981

Piscophoca is an extinct genus ofpinniped. The genus was named after the fossiliferousPisco Formation in Peru, where the holotype was found. Other fossils of the genus were found in theBahía Inglesa Formation of theCaldera Basin inChile.^[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.

Genera ofpinnipeds and their stem-allies

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

†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↓

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

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

Lists
List of pinnipeds List of fossil pinnipedimorphs

Taxon identifiers
Piscophoca	Wikidata:Q16919139 GBIF:4833128 IRMNG:1200169 Open Tree of Life:3612956 Paleobiology Database:53276

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