# internationaldayoftheseal mammalmonday paleoart phocid monachinae seal evolution predator

Check out these amazing illustrations of Sarcodectes magnus illustrated by .

My colleagues and I described this large extinct seal last year, which used sharp teeth to bite down on its prey

https://t.co/KWNaSjRbpN

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𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙪𝙨 , a seal with formidable cutting teeth that rivaled modern leopard seal in size, it lived in the Atlantic coast of North America during the Pliocene.

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