Lentiarenium

Lentiarenium was an early sea cow from the late Oligocene (Chattian) of Austria.

Lentiarenium
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Sirenia
Family:
Dugongidae
Genus:
Lentiarenium

Voss, Berning, and Reiter, 2016
Species
  • L. christolli (Fitzinger, 1842) (type)

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]

gollark: ~np
gollark: ~play any given day - my doom
gollark: Also less heavy.
gollark: ~play asking alexandria - into the fire
gollark: There. That is a less heavy thing.

See also

References
  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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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