Icaphoca, Dewaele & Muizon, 2025

Dewaele, Leonard & Muizon, Christian de, 2025, Icaphoca choristodon n. gen., n. sp., a new monachine seal (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Neogene of Peru, Geodiversitas 47 (11), pp. 465-499 : 468

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2025v47a11
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15853582
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scientific name	Icaphoca
status	gen. nov.

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Genus Icaphoca n. gen.

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TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES INCLUDED. — Icaphoca choristodon n. gen., n. sp.

ETYMOLOGY. — from the city of Ica ( Peru), which gave its name to the Department where the specimen was discovered, and phoca (seal, in Greek).

DIAGNOSIS. — As for the type species, Icaphoca choristodon n. gen., n. sp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Family	Phocidae

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