Superfamily Phocoidea Smirnov 1908 (pinniped)
PaleoDB taxon number: 53273
Synonym: Amphibiae Gray 1821 (taxon 95917)
Parent taxon: Pinnipedia according to A. Berta 2009
Sister taxa: Desmatophocidae, Odobenidae, Otarioidea, Palaeotaria, Panotariidae, Phocidae, Squalodon modesta
Subtaxa: Phocadae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore