Paralitherium

Sea cow found in Hungary From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paralitherium was an early sea cow from the late Eocene of Hungary (Felsotarkany).

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Sirenia
Family:Dugongidae
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Paralitherium
Temporal range: Priabonian
~37–34 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Genus: Paralitherium
Kordos, 1977
Species
  • P. tarkanyense Kordos, 1977 (type)
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Etymology

The species name tarkanyense honors Felsotarkany, Hungary, where the type specimen was collected.[1]

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