A new seal from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys highlights the past regional diversity of true seals (Phocidae)
Abstract True seals rapidly evolved in many forms in the epicontinental basin of Paratethys during the Miocene. However, most of their nominal taxa so far were proposed based on isolated limb bones, and their taxonomy has long been under discussion. Here we describe a new articulated skeleton MCFFM...
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| Main Authors: | Pavlo Otriazhyi, Theodor Obadă, Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Davit Vasilyan, Pavel Gol’din |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00372-7 |
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