Italosiren bellunensis de Zigno 1875

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Alternative combinations: Halitherium bellunense, Metaxitherium bellunense, Metaxytherium bellunense

Full reference: A. de Zigno. 1875. Sirenii fossili trovati nel Veneto. Memorie del Reale Instituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti 18:427-456

Belongs to Italosiren according to M. Voss et al. 2017

See also de Zigno 1875, Domning 1996, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Woodward 1885

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGP unnumbered specimen, a partial skull. Its type locality is Belluno, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Formation of Italy.

Distribution: found only at Belluno

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