Piscophoca

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.^[1]

Piscophoca sp. skull

Piscophoca Temporal range: Late Miocene ~11–6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Piscophoca pacifica skull cast of a specimen from Peru. At the AMNH.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Parvorder:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Phocidae
Subfamily:	Monachinae
Genus:	†Piscophoca Muizon, 1981
Species:	†P. pacifica
Binomial name
†Piscophoca pacifica Muizon, 1981