Title
An early Eocene sirenian from Patagonia (Mammalia, Sirenia)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Eocene sirenian
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 2729
By
Sereno, Paul C.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1982
Notes
Title from caption.
"Two mammalian maxillary fragments from the Lower Eocene of Argentina were described as Florentinoameghinia mystica (Simpson, 1932) and were designated as Mammalia, incertae sedis (Simpson, 1945). These specimens are here restudied and reassigned to the order Sirenia. They are shown to have many similarities with the dentition of Protosiren fraasi Abel (1904), a sirenian from the Middle Eocene of Egypt. These fragmentary remains represent the earliest dental record of fossil sirenians and extend the trans-Atlantic distribution of sirenians back to the Lower Eocene"--P. [1].
Subjects
Argentina
,
Chubut
,
Eocene
,
Florentinoameghinia mystica
,
Mammals, Fossil
,
Paleontology
,
Sirenia, Fossil
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.2729, 1982
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
8524263
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