Magophoca, Dewaele & Muizon, 2024

Dewaele, Leonard & Muizon, Christian de, 2024, A new monachine seal (Monachinae, Phocidae, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Cerro La Bruja (Ica department, Peru), Geodiversitas 46 (3), pp. 31-100 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a3
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D352D32F-9010-4E2D-ABEF-B890D7BD630D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10663568
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/770A2580-7A57-4CDB-AC1D-F25824FBC81F
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:770A2580-7A57-4CDB-AC1D-F25824FBC81F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Magophoca
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Magophoca n. gen.

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TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES INCLUDED. — Magophoca brevirostris n. sp.

ETYMOLOGY. — From ancient Greek ‘mágos’ (m.), magician, sorcerer, and ‘phoké’ (f.), seal. The prefix referring to magician, sorcerer, comes from the Cerro la Bruja locality is the type locality for the type (and only) species in this genus, Magophoca brevirostris n. gen., n. sp., ‘Bruja’ is the Spanish word for witch, sorceress.

DIAGNOSIS. — As for the type species, Magophoca brevirostris n. gen., n. sp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Family	Phocidae

Specimens

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