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