Monotherium
Sign in to saveMonotherium is an extinct genus of phocid belonging to the subfamily Monachinae. It is known from fossils found in the middle to late Miocene of Belgium.
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- Parent taxon
- Monachinae
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- taxon name
- Monotherium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- van Beneden, 1876
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Monotherium is an extinct genus of phocid belonging to the subfamily Monachinae. It is known from fossils found in the middle to late Miocene of Belgium.
==Species== The type and only species of Monotherium is M. delognii, described from the Tortonian-age Diest Formation of Antwerp, Belgium, on the basis of the lectotype pelvis IRSNB 1153-M257a, b.
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