Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: F. J. Aranda-Manteca, D. P. Domning, and L. G. Barnes. 1994. A new middle Miocene sirenian of the genus Metaxytherium from Baja California and California: Relationships and paleobiogeographic implications. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29:191-204
Belongs to Metaxytherium according to D. P. Domning 2008
See also Domning 1996
Sister taxa: Felsinotherium gunteri, Metaxytherium albifontanum, Metaxytherium aquitaniae, Metaxytherium beaumontii, Metaxytherium crataegense, Metaxytherium floridanum, Metaxytherium krahuletzi, Metaxytherium lovisati, Metaxytherium medium, Metaxytherium meyeri, Metaxytherium riveroi, Metaxytherium serresii, Metaxytherium subapenninum
Type specimen: FCM 3693, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is La Mision, which is in a Langhian offshore shelf sandstone in the Rosarito Beach Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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