Lentiarenium
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Lentiarenium was an early sea cow from the late Oligocene (Chattian) of Austria.
Classification
It was originally classified as a species of Halitherium, H. christolli, but was eventually recognized as generically distinct from the dugongid remains assigned to H. schinzii, and renamed Lentiarenium in 2016.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ L. J. Fitzinger. 1842. Bericht über die in den Sandlagern von Linz aufgefunden fossilen Reste eines urweltlichen Saeugers, (Halitherium Cristolii). Bericht über das Museum Francisco-Carolinum. Linz 6:61-72
- ^ M. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93.
- ^ M. Voss, B. Berning, and E. Reiter. 2016. A taxonomic and morphological re-evaluation of “Halitherium” cristolii Fitzinger, 1842 (Mammalia, Sirenia) from the late Oligocene of Austria, with the description of a new genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 256:1-32
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