Table 2. Taxonomic review of fossil Phocidae.
Taxa listed do not include any taxa or names that have fallen out of use in the literature. Comments either reflect reasoning for status, or a citation in support of status. List is expanded from Berta, Churchill & Boessenecker (2022).
| Taxon | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Acrophoca longirostris | Valid | Type is a partial skeleton |
| Afrophoca libyca | Needs revision | Type is a fragmentary mandible |
| Auroraphoca atlantica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Australophoca changorum | Valid, needs revision | Type is a fragmentary forelimb, but more complete undescribed fossils exist |
| Batavipusa neerlandica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Callophoca obscura | Nomen dubium | Berta et al. (2015) and Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis, supported by Rule et al. (2020a) |
| Cryptophoca maeotica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Devinophoca claytoni | Valid | Type is a partial skull |
| Devinophoca emryi | Needs revision | Similar to D. claytoni, and from same formation as D. claytoni |
| Eomonachus belegaerensis | Valid | Type is a near complete skull |
| Frisiphoca aberratum | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Frisiphoca affine | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Gryphoca nordica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Gryphoca similis | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Hadrokirus martini | Valid | Type is a partial skeleton |
| Hadrokirus novotini | Needs revision | Type is a fragmentary mandible |
| Histriophoca alekseevi | Valid, needs revision | Type is a partial skull. Needs revision for referral to modern genus Histriophoca |
| Homiphoca capensis | Valid | Type is a partial skull |
| Homiphoca murfreesi | Needs revision | Type is a fragmentary mandible |
| Kawas benegasorum | Valid | Type is a partial skeleton |
| Leptophoca proxima | Needs revision | Type is a humerus, but undescribed more complete fossils exist. |
| Leptophoca “amphiatlantica” | Nomen dubium | Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye (2017a) |
| Lobodon vetus | Nomen dubium | Type is an isolated postcanine, likely represents a modern specimen |
| Magnotherium johnsii | Valid, needs revision | Type is a fragmentary skull, but not character rich |
| Mesotaria ambigua | Nomen dubium | Berta et al. (2015) and Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis, supported by Rule et al. (2020a) |
| Messiphoca mauretanica | Valid, needs revision | Type is a partial skeleton, skull is referred |
| Miophoca vetusta | Nomen dubium | Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye (2017a) |
| Monachopsis pontica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Monotherium delognii | Nomen dubium | Berta et al. (2015) |
| Monotherium? wymani | Needs revision | Type is an ear region |
| Nanophoca vitulinoides | Valid | Type is a partial skeleton |
| Noriphoca gaudini | Valid | Type is a partial skull |
| Pachyphoca chapskii | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Pachyphoca ukrainica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Pachyphoca volkodavi | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Palmidophoca callirhoe | Nomen dubium | Type is a tooth |
| Phoca bessarabica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Phoca moori | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Phocanella pumila | Needs revision | Type is an isolated atlas |
| Piscophoca pacifica | Valid | Type is a partial skeleton |
| Planopusa semenovi | Valid | Type is partial snout |
| Platyphoca danica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Platyphoca nystii | Nomen dubium | Berta et al. (2015) |
| Platyphoca vulgaris | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Pliophoca etrusca | Valid | Type is a partial skeleton |
| Pontophoca jutlandica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Pontophoca sarmatica | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Pontophoca simionescui | Needs revision | No designated type specimen |
| Praepusa boeska | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Praepusa magyaricus | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Praepusa pannonica | Needs revision | Type is a mandible |
| Praepusa procaspica | Valid, needs revision | Type is associated forelimb |
| Praepusa tarchankutica | Valid, needs revision | Type is a cranium |
| Praepusa vindobonensis | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Pristiphoca occitana | Nomen nudum | Berta et al. (2015) |
| Properiptychus argentinus | Needs revision | Type is a partial maxilla |
| Prophoca rousseaui | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Sarcodectes magnus | Valid | Holotype is a partial skull |
| Sarmatonectes sintsovi | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |
| Seronectes meherrinensis | Nomen dubium | Type is a fragmentary innominate |
| Terranectes magnus | Nomen dubium | Dewaele et al. (2018) |
| Terranectes parvus | Nomen dubium | Dewaele et al. (2018) |
| Virginiaphoca magurai | Nomen dubium | Churchill & Uhen (2019) analysis |