A new monachine seal (Monachinae, Phocidae, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Cerro La Bruja (Ica department, Peru) Author Dewaele, Leonard Directorate of Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Rue Vautier, Brussels 1000 (Belgium) and FunMorph Lab, Department of Biology, Antwerp University, Campus Drie Eiken, 1 Universiteitsplein, Antwerp 2610 (Belgium) and EDDy Lab, Department of Geology, Liège University, Quartier Agora, 14 Allée du six Août, Liège 4000 (Belgium) Author Muizon, Christian de Départment Origines et Évolution, CR 2 P URM 7207 (MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) text Geodiversitas 2024 2024-02-15 46 3 31 100 https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2024v46a3.pdf journal article 10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a3 1638-9395 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D352D32F-9010-4E2D-ABEF-B890D7BD630D Genus Magophoca n. gen. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 770A2580-7A57-4CDB-AC1D-F25824FBC81F TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES INCLUDED . — Magophoca brevirostris n. sp. ETYMOLOGY . — From ancient Greek ‘mágos’ (m.), magician, sorcerer, and ‘phoké’ (f.), seal. The prefix referring to magician, sorcerer, comes from the Cerro la Bruja locality is the type locality for the type (and only) species in this genus, Magophoca brevirostris n. gen., n. sp. , ‘Bruja’ is the Spanish word for witch, sorceress. DIAGNOSIS. — As for the type species, Magophoca brevirostris n. gen., n. sp.