Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Dewaele, Leonard, Peredo, Carlos Mauricio, Meyvisch, Pjotr, Louwye, Stephen
• Other Authors: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2018
• Subjects: Lee Creek; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172437; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.172437; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.172437

While the diversity of ‘southern seals’, or Monachinae, in the North Atlantic realm is currently limited to the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus , their diversity was much higher during the late Miocene and Pliocene. Although the fossil record of Monachinae from the North Atlantic is mainl...