Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae
Full reference: F. A. Perini, E. R. Nascimento, and M. A. Cozzuol. 2020. A new species of Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sirenia, Trichechidae), from the upper Pleistocene of southwestern Amazonia, and the evolution of Amazonian manatees. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1697882
Belongs to Trichechus according to F. A. Perini et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Trichechus inunguis, Trichechus manatus, Trichechus senegalensis, Manatus antiquus
Type specimen: UNIR-PLV-M 003, a mandible (partial right dentary with four molars, part of the ascending ramus, and the symphyseal region). Its type locality is Araras/Periquitos, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene fluvial sandstone in the Rio Madeira Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Araras/Periquitos
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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