Monotherium

Monotherium
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Parvorder: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Monotherium
van Beneden, 1874
Species
  • M. delognii (type)
    van Beneden, 1874

Monotherium is an extinct genus of phocid belonging to the subfamily Monachinae. It is known from fossils found in the middle to late Miocene of Belgium.