Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Alternative combinations: Dioplotherium manigaultii, Metaxytherium manigaulti, Metaxytherium manigaultii
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1883. On a new extinct genus of Sirenia, from South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1883:52-54
Belongs to Dioplotherium according to M. Voss 2014
See also Allen 1926, Cope 1883, Domning 1989, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2008, Fondi and Pacini 1974, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Woodward 1885
Sister taxon: Dioplotherium allisoni
Type specimen: ChM PV2896, a skull. Its type locality is Wando River, Chandler Bridge Fm., which is in a Chattian coastal horizon in the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina collections)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Florida, South Carolina)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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