†Kaupitherium bronni Krauss 1858 (dugong)
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Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Alternative combination: Halitherium bronni
Full reference: C. F. F. Krauss. 1858. Beitrage zur Kenntnis des schadel-baues von Halitherium. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1858:519-531
Belongs to Kaupitherium according to M. Voss and O. Hampe 2017
See also Domning 1996 and Krauss 1858
Sister taxon: Kaupitherium gruelli
Type specimen: SMNS 1539, a skull (skull roof). Its type locality is Flonheim, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Alzey Formation of Germany.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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