<i>Phoca wymani</i> and Other Tertiary Seals (Mammalia: Phocidae) Described from the Eastern Seaboard of North America

dc.contributor.authorRay, Clayton E.
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-24T13:47:27Z
dc.date.available2012-10-24T13:47:27Z
dc.date.issued1976
dc.description.abstractFossil seal remains from Richmond, Virginia, first reported by Wyman in 1850, and named <i>Phoca wymani</i> by Leidy in 1853, have been neglected and unjustifiably regarded as cetacean by most subsequent authors. Recently recognized parts of the holotype and other material, in part recently collected in Richmond, show that the species is a monachine seal, here called <i>Monotherium? wymani</i> (Leidy, 1853a). It is derived from Miocene beds that are definitely older than the Yorktown Formation and probably correlative with the Calvert Formation of Maryland. Thus <i>Monotherium? wymani</i> is probably the oldest known monachine. Other evidence of fossil phocids in eastern North America is reviewed.
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dc.identifier.citationRay, Clayton E. 1976. <em><a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/19138"><i>Phoca wymani</i> and Other Tertiary Seals (Mammalia: Phocidae) Described from the Eastern Seaboard of North America</a></em>. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology</em>, 28. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.28.1">https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.28.1</a>.
dc.identifier.isbn0081-0266
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/19138
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.28.1
dc.publisherSmithsonian Institution
dc.relation.ispartofSmithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 28
dc.title<i>Phoca wymani</i> and Other Tertiary Seals (Mammalia: Phocidae) Described from the Eastern Seaboard of North America
dc.typebook
sro.description.unitnmnh
sro.description.unitnh-paleobiology
sro.identifier.doi10.5479/si.00810266.28.1
sro.identifier.itemID113448
sro.identifier.refworksID72852
sro.identifier.urlhttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/19138
sro.publicationPlaceWashington, D.C.

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