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Piscophoca

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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.

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Parent taxon
Phocidae
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taxon name
Piscophoca
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Piscophoca
taxon author citation
Muizon, 1981
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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.

thumb|left|Piscophoca sp. skull

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