Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Alternative combination: Halitherium capgrandi
Synonyms: Rhytiodus capgrandi Lartet 1866, Thelriope capgrandi Lartet 1866
Full reference: E. Lartet. 1866. Notes sure deux nouveaux Sireniens fossiles des terrains tertiaires du basin de la Garonne. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique du France 2(23):673-686
Belongs to Rytiodus according to M. Voss 2014
See also Abel 1904, Cope 1883, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2011, Lartet 1866, Pilleri 1987, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Woodward 1885
Sister taxon: Rytiodus heali
Type specimens:
- Rytiodus capgrandi: MNHN MBA 1-9, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Lot-et-Garonne, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in France.
- Thelriope capgrandi: O.G. 916, a tooth.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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