PHOCIDAE Gray, 1825

Rahmat, S. J. & Koretsky, I. A., 2018, Mandibular Morphology Of The Mid-Miocene Seal Devinophoca Claytoni (Carnivora, Phocidae, Devinophocinae), Vestnik Zoologii 52 (6), pp. 509-520 : 511

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.2478/vzoo-2018-0052
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6455064
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scientific name	PHOCIDAE Gray, 1825
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Family PHOCIDAE Gray, 1825 View in CoL

Subfamily Devinophocinae Koretsky & Holec, 2002

Genus Devinophoca Koretsky & Holec, 2002

T y p e s p e c i e s: Devinophoca claytoni

Type locality: Stockerau lime plant, Bonanza Devínska Kobyla, outskirts of Bratislava, Slovak Republic .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: early Badenian ( MN 6), early middle Miocene (16.3–12.8 Ma); Central Paratethys, Vienna Basin of Western Slovakia.

I n c l u d e d s p e c i e s: D. emryi and D. claytoni

E m e n d e d d i a g n o s i s: Mandibular body low in height (as in Monachinae and Phocinae ); symphyseal part of mandible thick and straight (similar to Monachinae ); diastemata between teeth absent (as opposed to Cystophorinae , Monachinae and Phocinae ); unique incisor combination I3/1 (as opposed to Cystophorinae , Monachinae and Phocinae ); p4 alveolar width and length greater than those of m1 (similar to some Monachinae and Phocinae ).