Prototherium ausetanum Balaguer and Alba 2016 (dugong)

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

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