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Pleistocene mammalian fauna of the Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Florida.
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 56(8): 561-599. 22 figs. Feb. 19, 1929.
–The faunal list includes the following (p. 564): {"SIRENIA / Trichechus sp. Tooth, rib fragments."}
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The dentition of Ornithorhynchus as evidence of its affinities.
Amer. Mus. Novit. No. 390: 1-15. 2 figs. Dec. 6, 1929.
–Refutes Abel's idea of the relationship of Desmostylus to monotremes (12-13).
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Hunting extinct animals in Florida.
Nat. Hist. (New York) 29(5): 506-518. 14 figs. Sept.-Oct. 1929.
–Mentions Miocene and Pleistocene fossil sirs. in Florida (508, 510-511), and gives a photograph of the site of discovery of a Miocene sir. [Hesperosiren] in Gadsden County (518).
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Sea sirens: the strange mammals from which came the ancient ideas of mermaids and sirens.
Nat. Hist. (New York) 30(1): 41-47. 6 figs. Jan. 1930.
–Pop. acc. of Recent and fossil sirs. Comments on possible West Indian or African origins of the name "manatee" (43).
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1930b |
Tertiary land mammals of Florida.
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 59(3): 149-211. 2 tabs. 31 figs. June 5, 1930.
–Mentions sirs. at Quincy (158) and Bone Valley (184-185), Florida.
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1932a |
Fossil Sirenia of Florida and the evolution of the Sirenia.
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 59(8): 419-503. 2 tabs. 23 figs. Sept. 6, 1932.
–A comprehensive and judicious review of the order that formed a major and much-cited milestone in sirenian paleontology. Reviews previous knowledge of American fossil sirs., gives a synoptic classification with diagnoses of suprageneric taxa (without noting that two new subfamilies, Dugonginae and Hydrodamalinae, are being established), and describes new taxa from Florida: Hesperosiren crataegensis, n.gen.n.sp. (Miocene), Felsinotherium ossivallense, n.sp., and F. floridanum, n.comb. (both considered Pliocene but now known to be Miocene). The name Halitherium alleni, n.sp., is also given to previously published specimens from South Carolina. Pleistocene occurrences of Trichechus in Florida are discussed, the remaining fossil sirs. of the world are reviewed, and the osteology of the three Recent genera is detailed in an attempt to decipher their origins. Finally, the history of study of sir. affinities is summarized, along with the fossil and Recent distribution of the better-known genera.
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Mounted skeletons of Eohippus, Merychippus, and Hesperosiren.
Amer. Mus. Novit. No. 587: 1-7. 3 figs. Dec. 15, 1932.
–Describes and illustrates the Hesperosiren mount in the American Museum of Natural History, and comments on previous restorations of Halitherium schinzii (5-7).
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A new classification of mammals.
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 59(5): 259-293. Mar. 18, 1932.
–Presents a classification of the Sirenia to the family level (Trichechiformes: Prorastomidae, Dugongidae, Trichechidae; Desmostyliformes: Desmostylidae) (281-282), with comments (292).
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Vernacular names of South American mammals.
Jour. Mamm. 22(1): 1-17. Feb. 14, 1941.
–Suggests that the name "manatee" is derived from the Carib manatí = (a woman's) breast (14).
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Some Carib Indian mammal names.
Amer. Mus. Novit. No. 1119: 1-10. June 6, 1941.
–States (p. 1) that Simpson (1941a) was "written after the present paper but published first." Of the two, this paper is the more detailed and informative. It lists yalawa, kayumoru, and several variants of the latter as names for the manatee (erroneously supposed to be T. inunguis rather than T. manatus) in various Venezuelan Carib dialects. Concludes that the name manati was derived from Carib words for "(a woman's) breast" (9).
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1942 |
The beginnings of vertebrate paleontology in North America.
Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 86(1): 130-188. 23 figs. Sept. 1942.
–P. 177: {"The occurrence of sirenian bones along the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Georgia had been observed [by 1842], but identification had gone no further than to establish their generally manatee-like character."}
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The principles of classification and a classification of mammals.
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 85: xvi + 350. Oct. 5, 1945.
–Presents a revised classification of the Sirenia (including desmostylians) to genus; recognizes four trichechiform families (Prorastomidae, Protosirenidae, Dugongidae, Trichechidae) (135-136, 240, 251-252). Resurrects Halianassa as a senior synonym of Metaxytherium, thereby causing much later instability in nomenclature. Comments on Owen's term "Mutilata" (= Sirenia + Cetacea) (214).
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Fossil mammals from the Cenozoic of Acre, Brazil. III - Pleistocene Edentata Pilosa, Proboscidea, Sirenia, Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla.
Iheringia, Sér. Geol. 6: 11-73. 2 tabs. 32 figs. Apr. 15, 1981.
–A mandible, 3 molars, and a skullcap from the upper Rio Juruá are described (by Paula Couto, not Simpson as indicated; Simpson, pers. commun. to Domning, Dec. 17, 1981) and referred to Trichechus inunguis (48-49, 69); but see Domning (1982b: 603-604).
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