Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: M. Voss, B. Berning, and E. Reiter. 2016. A taxonomic and morphological re-evaluation of “Halitherium” cristolii Fitzinger, 1842 (Mammalia, Sirenia) from the late Oligocene of Austria, with the description of a new genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 256:1-32
Parent taxon: Dugongidae according to M. Voss et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Anisosiren, Caribosiren, Dugonginae, Eotheroides, Halitheriinae, Halitherium, Halitherium alleni, Halitherium antillense, Halitherium taulannense, Hydrodamalinae, Indosiren, Kaupitherium, Miodugong, Nanosiren, Paralitherium, Priscosiren, Prohalicore, Rytiodinae, Sirenavus, Trachytherium
Subtaxa: Lentiarenium christolii
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Austria (4)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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