Paralitherium tarkanyense Kordos 1977 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: L. Kordos. 1977. Uj felsoeocen szirena (Paralitherium tarkanyense) n.g. n.sp. Felsotarkanybol. Relationes Annuae Instituti Geologici Publici Hungarici 1975:349-367

Belongs to Paralitherium according to D. P. Domning 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FIV 10934, a mandible. Its type locality is Felsotarkany, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in Hungary.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Felsotarkany

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