Ribodon Ameghino 1883 (manatee)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una colección de mamíferos fósiles del Piso Mesopotámico de la formación Patagónica recogidos en las barrancas del Paraná por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini. Bol. de la Acad. Nac. Cienc. Córdoba V(1):101-116

Parent taxon: Trichechinae according to M. Voss 2014

See also Ameghino 1885, Bergqvist et al. 1999, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 1996, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2008, Domning 2018, Heal 1973, Kretzoi 1941, Palmer 1904, Pascual 1953, Sepkoski 2002, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Potamosiren, Trichechina, Trichechus

Subtaxa: Ribodon limbatus

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Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (2), Venezuela (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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