Plantopusa, Koretsky & Rahmat, 2021

Koretsky, I. A. & Rahmat, S. J., 2021, Unique Short-Faced Miocene Seal Discovered In Grytsiv (Ukraine), Zoodiversity 55 (2), pp. 143-154 : 145

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15407/zoo2021.02.143

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6455836

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039CDB41-9551-4C67-FF5F-FD0DFB8FFC43

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Plantopusa
status

gen. nov.

Plantopusa , gen. n.

Diagnosis. As for the type species.

Etymology. From Latin — Plana = flat; from Greek micro — short, small; “semenovi” in honour of Dr. Yuriy Semenov (Palaeontological Museum of the National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv = NMNHU-P) in recognition of his contributions to the discovery and collecting of this fossil material.

Type and only known species. Planopusa semenovi , new species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Phocidae

SubFamily

Phocinae

Tribe

Phocini

SubTribe

Phocina

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