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Dioplotherium

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Dioplotherium
Temporal range: Miocene
Dioplotherium manigaulti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Subfamily: Dugonginae
Genus: Dioplotherium
Cope, 1883
Species
  • D. allisoni Kilmer, 1965
  • D. manigaulti Cope, 1883 (type)

Dioplotherium is an extinct genus of mammal known from Neogene deposits in the Southeastern United States.[1]

Species

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  • Dioplotherium allisoni, described as Halianassa allisoni by Kilmer in 1965 from remains found in the middle Miocene Isidro Formation of Baja California, Mexico, and known from marine deposits in Baja California and California.[2] The species was referred to Dioplotherium by Domning in 1989.[3]: 417–418 [4]

References

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  1. ^ E. D. Cope. 1883. On a new extinct genus of Sirenia, from South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1883:52-54
  2. ^ F. H. Kilmer. 1965. A Miocene dugongid from Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 65(2):57-74.
  3. ^ a b Domning, Daryl P. 1989. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. II. Dioplotherium manigaulti Cope, 1883. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):415-428. JSTOR 4523282
  4. ^ D. P. Domning. 1996. Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 80:1-611 doi:10.5479/si.00810266.80.1