Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: J. Balaguer and D. M. Alba. 2016. A new dugong species (Sirenia, Dugongidae) from the Eocene of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). Comptes Rendus Palevol
Belongs to Prototherium according to J. Balaguer and D. M. Alba 2016
See also Voss et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Prototherium intermedium, Prototherium veronense
Type specimen: IPS81881a, a partial skeleton (Partial skull associated with 45 unprepared fragmentary postcranial elements). Its type locality is Mas Vilageliu, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Vic-Manlleu Formation of Spain.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Spain (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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