| Eomonachus Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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| Jaime Brian's reconstruction of Eomonachus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Family: | Phocidae |
| Subfamily: | Monachinae |
| Tribe: | †Monachini |
| Genus: | †Eomonachus Rule et al., 2020 |
| Type species | |
| †Eomonachus belegaerensis James Rule et al. 2020 | |
Eomonachus is an extinct genus of monk seal that lived in New Zealand during the Pliocene epoch around 3 million years ago.[1] The type and only species of the genus is E. belegaerensis.