Pinniped (Mammalia: Carnivora) fossils from Black Rock, a new late Neogene vertebrate locality in Victoria, Australia Author Rule, James P. Author Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. text Palaeontologia Electronica 2022 a 32 25 3 1 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1235 journal article 10.26879/1235 1094-8074 11063353 Suborder PINNIPEDIA Illiger, 1811 Referred specimen. NMV P254178, an isolated phalanx collected by B.S.J. Francischelli in 2019 ( Figure 2 ). Diagnosis. An intermediate or proximal phalanx from the manus (from either digits II, III, or IV) of a pinniped, due to the straight medial and lateral surfaces, a distal end narrower than a proximal end, and a slightly concave ventral surface. Description. The proximal end is rounded, and is missing the articular surface ( Figure 2 G-J). The distal surface is trochleated ( Figure 2 G-H), and larger medio-laterally than dorso-ventrally. The shaft is sub-circular in cross section. Due to the lack of diagnostic features beyond Pinnipedia , we are unable to make meaningful comparisons to other species.