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Gervais, François Louis Paul (detail)
   
1847b
Observations sur les mammifères fossiles du midi de la France.... Deuxième partie.
Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zool.) (3)8: 203-224. Oct. 1847.
–Continuation of Gervais (1846). Consists mostly of "VII. Sur les Mammifères voisins des Dugongs, que l'on a nommés Halitherium, Metaxytherium, etc." (203-221). Summarizes previous work on fossil sirs., and presents a comprehensive list of their European occurrences (203-210). Describes the skull and dentition of the "Halitherium" from Montpellier (210-217), which he names H. Serresii, n.sp. [= Metaxytherium serresii] (221). Compares Toxodon with Halitherium and the modern dugong, concluding that this South American notoungulate is (unlike the proboscidean Dinotherium) a sir. (218-219, 221). Concludes that Halianassa, Metaxytherium, and other genera are synonyms of Halitherium; presents a diagnosis of the latter genus; and recognizes several species for which he coins the new combinations Halitherium fossilis [= Metaxytherium medium], H. Guettardi [= H. schinzii], and H. Brocchii [= M. subapenninum] (221).

Related Index Records (30)

Cheirotherium Bruno, 1839 (non Kaup, 1835)
(= Metaxytherium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (syn. of Halitherium; comp. w/ H. serresii; 207, 212-213, 220.)

Cheirotherium brocchii de Blainville, 1844
(= Metaxytherium subapenninum)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m209-210.)

Europe
(SEE ALSO: Austria; Belgium; Britain; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Malta; Mediterranean Sea; Netherlands; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Spain; Switzerland)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (summ. of sir. occurrences; 208-210.)

France
  x * 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (Halitherium Serresii, n.sp.; Plioc., Montpellier; 210-217, 221.)

Halianassa von Meyer, 1838
(= Halitherium, in part; Metaxytherium, in part; Protosiren, in part)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (syn. of Halitherium; 207, 220.)

Halianassa studeri von Meyer, 1838
(= Halitherium schinzii, in part; Metaxytherium krahuletzi and M. medium, in part; Protosiren minima, in part)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m208.)

Halicore Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. ("Halichore"; comp. w/ Halitherium serresii, 211-217; comp. w/ Toxodon, 218-219.)

Halicore cuvierii de Christol, 1832
(= Metaxytherium medium, in part; Metaxytherium serresii, in part; Protosiren minima, in part)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. ("Halichore"; m206, 208, 221.)

Halicore medius [sic] (Desmarest, 1822) de Serres, 1838
(= Metaxytherium serresii, not M. medium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. ("Halichore"; m205, 209, 221.)

Halitherium Kaup, 1838
  x * 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (review & diagnosis; 203-221.)

Halitherium brocchii (de Blainville, 1844) Gervais, 1847
(=Metaxytherium subapenninum)
  x * 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (n.comb.; 221.)

Halitherium christolii Fitzinger, 1842
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m209.)

Halitherium cuvieri (de Christol, 1832) Kaup, 1840
(= Metaxytherium medium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m221.)

Halitherium dubium (Cuvier, 1824) Kaup, 1838
(= Halitherium schinzii, not Protosiren minima; used in reference to misidentified material)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m208.)

Halitherium fossile (Holl, 1829) Gervais, 1847
(= Metaxytherium medium)
  x * 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. ("H. fossilis", n.comb.; 221.)

Halitherium guettardi (de Blainville, 1844) Gervais, 1847
(= Halitherium schinzii)
  x * 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (n.comb.; 221.)

Halitherium serresii Gervais, 1847
  x * 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (n.sp.; Plioc., Montpellier, France, 210-217, 221; comp. w/ Toxodon, 218-219.)

Hippopotamus dubius Cuvier, 1824
(= Protosiren minima)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m209-210.)

Hippopotamus medius Desmarest, 1822
(= Metaxytherium medium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m208.)

Manatus brocchii (de Blainville, 1844) de Blainville, 1844
(= Metaxytherium subapenninum)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m209, 214.)

Manatus cuvieri (de Christol, 1832) de Blainville, 1844
(= Metaxytherium medium, in part; Metaxytherium serresii, in part)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m208.)

Manatus fossilis Holl, 1829
(= Metaxytherium medium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m208, 210.)

Manatus guettardi de Blainville, 1844
(= Halitherium schinzii)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m208, 210.)

Metaxytherium de Christol, 1840
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (syn. of Halitherium; 206-211, 220-221.)

Metaxytherium beaumonti de Christol in de Blainville, 1844
(nomen dubium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m209-210.)

Metaxytherium cordieri de Christol in de Blainville, 1844
(= Metaxytherium medium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m208, 210.)

Metaxytherium cuvierii (de Christol, 1832) de Christol in de Blainville, 1844
(= Metaxytherium medium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (m206, 209-210, 221.)

Pliocene
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (Halitherium serresii; France; 209-211, 221.)

Pugmeodon Kaup, 1838
(= Halitherium)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (syn. of Halitherium; 207, 220.)

Toxodon Owen, 1840
(Notoungulata)
  x 1847b Gervais, F.L.P. (referred to the Sirenia; 218-219, 221.)


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