Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: I. S. Zalmout and P. D. Gingerich. 2012. Late Eocene sea cows (Mammalia, Sirenia) from Wadi al Hitan in the western desert of Fayum, Egypt. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 37:1-158
Belongs to Eotheroides according to I. S. Zalmout and P. D. Gingerich 2012
Sister taxa: Eotheroides aegyptiacum, Eotheroides babiae, Eotheroides lambondrano, Eotheroides sandersi, Eotheroides waghapadarensis
Type specimen: CGM 60551, a partial skeleton (skull and partial skeleton). Its type locality is WH-219, which is in a Priabonian marine shale in the Briket Qarun Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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