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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa Volume 66, 2011 - Issue 1
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Review of fossil phocid and otariid seals from the southern and western coasts of South Africa

Graham Avery MRSSAf Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa; Archaeology Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Richard G. Klein Hon. FRSSAf Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa; Program in Human Biology, Bldg 20, Inner Quad, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 14-24 | Published online: 15 Apr 2011
 
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ABSTRACT

Remains of phocid and otariid seals from published and unpublished palaeontological and archaeological occurrences on the South African coast are reviewed. New phocid material supports Hendey's earlier contention that Homiphoca capensis was a breeding resident during the Early Pliocene (5 Ma) and extends its distribution. Lobodon carcinophagus is recorded from the Middle Pleistocene (270 ka) and Late Pleistocene. Arctocephalus is recorded from the Pliocene (probably 5 Ma, but possibly only 2.7 Ma) and A. pusillus from the Middle Pleistocene (~330 ka). Late Pleistocene records for Hydrurga leptonyx, Mirounga leonina, A. pusillus and A. gazella are listed. The possibility that Homiphoca capensis and Arctocephalus (sp. nov.) co-existed during the Pliocene is discussed.

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