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 Hay, Oliver Perry (detail)
   
1915
A contribution to the knowledge of the extinct sirenian Desmostylus hesperus Marsh.
Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 49(2113): 381-397. Pls. 56-58.
–Abstrs.: Nature (London) 96: 152?; Geol. Mag. (6)2: 567? Recounts the history of discovery of Desmostylus; discusses it and compares it with various sirs.; proposes the Family Desmostylidae (a name actually coined previously by Osborn, 1905a) and gives the name Desmostylus watasei to the specimen of Yoshiwara and Iwasaki (1902).

Related Index Records (13)

Desmostylidae Osborn, 1905
(family)
  x D * 1915 Hay, O.P. (name again proposed; 385.)
Desmostylus Marsh, 1888
  x D * 1915 Hay, O.P. (history of study, 381-383; described & comp. w/ sirs., 383-397.)
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh, 1888
  x D * 1915 Hay, O.P. (comp. w/ Japanese Desmostylus; 383-397, pls. 56-58.)
Desmostylus watasei Hay, 1915
(= Desmostylus hesperus)
  x D * 1915 Hay, O.P. (n.sp.; 396-397.)
Eosiren Andrews, 1902
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. (comp. w/ Desmostylus; 384-385, 391.)
Eotherium Owen, 1875 (non Leidy, 1853)
(= Eotheroides)
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. (comp. w/ Desmostylus; 384-386, 388, 392.)
Halicore Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong)
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. (comp. w/ Desmostylus; 385-389, 391.)
Hydrodamalis Retzius, 1794
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. (comp. w/ Desmostylus; m386.)
Oregon
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. (Desmostylus hesperus; Mioc., Astoria; 381-383.)
Phylogeny and Affinities of the Sirenia and/or Desmostylia
(SEE ALSO under species)
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. (Desmostylus placed in separate family of sirs.; 384-385.)
Prorastomus Owen, 1855
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. (comp. w/ Desmostylus; 384-385, 391.)
Rytina Illiger, 1811
(= Hydrodamalis. Spelled Rhytina by Berthold, 1827, and most later authors; this is an unjustified emendation.)
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. ("Rhytina"; comp. w/ Desmostylus; m386.)
Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
  x D 1915 Hay, O.P. (comp. w/ Desmostylus; 384-389.)

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