Afrophoca
{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}
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| name = Afrophoca
| fossil_range = {{geological range|Burdigalian|Langhian}}
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| genus = Afrophoca
| parent_authority = Koretsky and Domning, 2014
| species = libyca
| authority = Koretsky and Domning, 2014
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Afrophoca was thought to be an extinct genus of earless seal from Miocene-age marine deposits in Libya.I. A. Koretsky and D. P. Domning. 2014. One of the oldest seals (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the Old World. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):224-229. However, it has been demonstrated by Pickford & Muizon, 2024, that the type and only known specimen is from a medium-sized anthracothere, Afromeryx zelteni Pickford, 1991.
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Category:Monotypic prehistoric carnivoran genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2014
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