Piscophoca Explained

Piscophoca is an extinct genus of pinniped. The genus was named after the fossiliferous Pisco Formation in Peru, where the holotype was found. Other fossils of the genus were found in the Bahía Inglesa Formation of the Caldera Basin in Chile.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Valenzuela-Toro . A. M. . Gutstein . C. S. . Varas-Malca . R. M. . Suarez . M. E. . Pyenson . N. D.. Nicholas Pyenson . Pinniped turnover in the South Pacific Ocean: New evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, Chile . 10.1080/02724634.2012.710282 . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 33 . 216 . 2013 .

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