Bibliography Record

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 Heuvelmans, Bernard (detail)
   
1941a
Notes sur la dentition des Siréniens. I. La formule dentaire du lamantin (Trichechus).
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belgique 17(21): 1-15. 2 figs. Apr. 1941.
–Detailed literature review. Concludes that the dental formula is DI 3/3 DC 0/1 DM 0/3 M 12-15/12-15; that the large number of molars is a primitive (but "generally inhibited") mammalian character despite the manatee's descent from forms with normal counts; and that horizontal tooth replacement is an "illusion" due to growth of the mandible.

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Embryology and Ontogeny
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Growth Rates; Teratology)
  x 1941a Heuvelmans, B. (dentition; 2-8, 14-15.)
Prorastomus Owen, 1855
  x 1941a Heuvelmans, B. (dentition; m5, m8.)
Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
  x * 1941a Heuvelmans, B. (Trichechus; dentition; 1-15.)
Tooth Replacement
  x * 1941a Heuvelmans, B. (Trichechus; 1-15.)
Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
  x * 1941a Heuvelmans, B. (dentition; 1-15.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
  x 1941a Heuvelmans, B. (dentition; 3.)
Trichechus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) True, 1884
(= Trichechus manatus)
  x 1941a Heuvelmans, B. (dentition; 4.)

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