Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Alternative spelling: Rhytiodus
Synonym: Thelriope Pilleri 1987 [objective synonym]
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
Parent taxon: Dugonginae according to M. Voss 2014
See also Abel 1919, Bergqvist et al. 1999, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Domning 1978, Domning 1989, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 1997, Domning 2011, Domning 2018, Heal 1973, Kretzoi 1941, Lartet 1866, Palmer 1904, Pilleri 1987, Samonds et al. 2019, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1932, Toledo and Domning 1991, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Bharatisiren, Callistosiren, Corystosiren, Crenatosiren, Culebratherium, Dioplotherium, Domningia, Dugong, Italosiren, Kutchisiren, Norosiren, Xenosiren
Subtaxa: Rytiodus capgrandi Rytiodus heali
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (4 collections), France (3), Libya (2), Madagascar (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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