title: The Miocene seal <i>Monachopsis pontica</i> : isolated in a shrinking sea and adapting to its changing conditions
abstract: More than 170 years have passed since the description of the dwarf Miocene seal <i>Monachopsis pontica</i>. However, its cranial materials were rarely found and described. This paper re-describes <i>M. pontica</i> and discusses its ecological adaptations. <i>M. pontica</i> is among the latest seals that survived in the epicontinental sea Eastern Paratethys during the Khersonian biotic crisis. Newly examined materials from Ukraine, being exceptional in their completeness, show previously unknown 
journal: Royal Society Open Science