Plantopusa, Koretsky & Rahmat, 2021

Koretsky, I. A. & Rahmat, S. J., 2021, Unique Short-Faced Miocene Seal Discovered In Grytsiv (Ukraine), Zoodiversity 55 (2), pp. 143-154 : 145

Plantopusa , gen. n.

D i a g n o s i s. As for the type species.

E t y m o l o g y. From Latin — Plana = flat; from Greek micro — short, small; “semenovi” in honour of Dr. Yuriy Semenov (Palaeontological Museum of the National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv = NMNHU-P) in recognition of his contributions to the discovery and collecting of this fossil material.

T y p e a n d o n l y k n o w n s p e c i e s. Planopusa semenovi , new species.