# Callophoca

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Extinct genus of carnivores

Callophoca Temporal range: late Miocene–early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Carnivora Parvorder: Pinnipedia Family: Phocidae Subfamily: Monachinae Genus: †Callophoca van Beneden, 1876 Species C. obscura van Beneden, 1876 (type species)

***Callophoca*** is an extinct genus of [earless seals](/source/Earless_seal) from the late Miocene to early Pliocene of Belgium and the US Eastern Seaboard.

The type and only species of *Callophoca* is *C. obscura*.[1] *Mesotaria ambigua*, based on the lectotype humerus IRSNB 1156-M177, is a synonym. Although numerous non-humeral bones have been assigned to *Callophoca*, they are best considered Monachinae indet. pending further study because they have been found, isolated, leaving the *M. ambigua* lectotype, IRSNB 1116-M188, IRSNB VERT-17172-301b, and USNM 186944 the only unambiguous referred specimens of *Callophoca*.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-INV-20201113_1-0)** Yarlagadda, Tara (13 November 2020). ["Unusual Teeth Reveal A New Species And A Twist On Evolution"](https://www.inverse.com/science/unusual-teeth-reveal-species). *[Inverse](/source/Inverse_(website))*. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Dewaele, Leonard; Peredo, Carlos Mauricio; et al. (2018). ["Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882749). *Royal Society Open Science*. **5** (3) 172437. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1098/rsos.172437](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frsos.172437). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[1854/LU-8564329](https://hdl.handle.net/1854%2FLU-8564329). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [5882749](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882749).

v t e Genera of pinnipeds and their stem-allies Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Infraorder: Arctoidea Pan-Pinnipedia †Amphicynodontidae Allocyon Amphicticeps Amphicynodon Drassonax Kolponomos Pachycynodon Parictis Wangictis †Semantoridae Necromites Potamotherium Puijila Semantor Pinnipedimorpha †Enaliarctos Pinnipediformes †Pacificotaria †Pinnarctidion †Pteronarctos Pinnipedia Phocidae †Devinophoca Monachinae †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 Phocinae †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↓ Otarioidea †Desmatophocidae Allodesmus Atopotarus Desmatophoca Eodesmus Odobenidae †Archaeodobenus †Imagotaria †Kamtschatarctos †Nanodobenus †Neotherium †Osodobenus †Pelagiarctos †Pontolis †Proneotherium †Prototaria †Pseudotaria †Titanotaria Neodobenia †Dusignathinae Dusignathus Gomphotaria Odobeninae †Aivukus Odobenus †Ontocetus †Pliopedia †Protodobenus †Valenictus Panotariidae †Eotaria Otariidae Callorhinae Callorhinus †Pithanotaria Otariinae †Thalassoleon Zalophini Eumetopias †Oriensarctos †Proterozetes Zalophus Otariini Arctocephalus Arctophoca †Hydrarctos Neophoca Otaria Phocarctos Lists List of pinnipeds List of fossil pinnipedimorphs

Taxon identifiers Callophoca Wikidata: Q41152037 Wikispecies: Callophoca GBIF: 4833150 IRMNG: 1095227 Open Tree of Life: 3612996 Paleobiology Database: 36911

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