Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Alternative combinations: Eotherium aegyptiacum, Halitherium aegyptiacum

Synonyms: Eotherium coulombi Filhol 1878, Eotherium majus Zdansky 1938, Eotheroides coulombi Filhol 1878, Manatus coulombi Filhol 1878, Masrisiren abeli Kretzoi 1941

Full reference: R. Owen. 1875. On fossil evidences of an Eocene Sirenian mammals. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 31:100-105

Belongs to Eotheroides according to M. Voss 2014

See also Abel 1904, Abel 1913, Domning 1978, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Filhol 1878, Gingerich 1992, Lydekker 1887, Owen 1875, Palmer 1899, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Woodward 1885, Zalmout and Gingerich 2012 and Zdansky 1938

Sister taxa: Eotheroides babiae, Eotheroides clavigerum, Eotheroides lambondrano, Eotheroides sandersi, Eotheroides waghapadarensis

Type specimens:

• Eotheroides aegyptiacum: BMNH 46722, a partial skull
• Eotherium majus:
• Manatus coulombi: Its type locality is Gebel Mokattam, lower, which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt.
• Masrisiren abeli:

Distribution: found only at Gebel Mokattam, lower (Eocene of Egypt)

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