Metaxytherium

Metaxytherium
Metaxytherium
Temporal range: Miocene–Pleistocene
Metaxytherium floridanum fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Genus: Metaxytherium
de Christol, 1840

Metaxytherium is an extinct genus of dugong that lived from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. Its remains have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Metaxytherium subappenninum

Contents

Sources

  • Manatees and Dugongs of the World by Jeff Ripple
  • Discovering Fossils: How to Find and Identify Remains of the Prehistoric Past (Fossils & Dinosaurs) by Frank A. Garcia, Donald S. Miller, and Jasper Burns
  • Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
  • Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology by Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, and Kit M. Kovacs
  • Marine Mammal Biology: An Evolutionary Approach by A. Rus Hoelzel
  • Neptune's Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas by David Rains Wallace
  • Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell

See also

Related species

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