Dioplotherium

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Dioplotherium
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Late Miocene
Skull of D. manigaulti, Florida Museum of Natural History
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 sirenian related to the dugongs, known from Neogene-aged deposits from southern North America.[1]

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