Bibliography Record

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Matthew, William Diller (detail)
   
1916a
New sirenian from the Tertiary of Porto Rico, West Indies.
Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 27: 23-29. 2 figs. Jan. 28, 1916 (read Nov. 8, 1915).
–Abstr.: Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 26: 439, May 12, 1915? Describes ?Halitherium antillense, n.sp., and compares it with other sirs.; discusses sir. affinities and phylogeny, distribution, and cheek tooth formulae. The age of the new species is given only as "Tertiary"; it is Middle Oligocene according to Reinhart (1959: 21).

Related Index Records (16)

Archaeosiren Abel, 1913
(nomen nudum; = Eosiren)
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (m27.)

Desmostylus Marsh, 1888
  x D 1916a Matthew, W.D. (m27.)

Eosiren Andrews, 1902
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (m27; tooth formula, 28.)

Eotherium Owen, 1875 (non Leidy, 1853)
(= Eotheroides)
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (m27.)

Halicore Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong)
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (tooth formula; 26-28.)

Halitherium antillense Matthew, 1916
  x * 1916a Matthew, W.D. (n.sp.; Olig., Puerto Rico; 23-29.)

Halitherium christolii Fitzinger, 1842
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (comp. w/ ?H. antillense; m26.)

Halitherium schinzii (Kaup, 1838) Kaup, 1855
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (comp. w/ H. antillense; 24-26.)

Manatus BrĂ¼nnich, 1771
(= Trichechus)
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (comp. w/ Halitherium antillense; 24.)

Phylogeny and Affinities of the Sirenia and/or Desmostylia
(SEE ALSO under species)
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (Moeritherium & proboscideans; sir. lineages; 26-27.)

Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (comp. w/ Halitherium antillense; 23-24, 26, 28.)

Protosiren Abel, 1907
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (m27.)

Puerto Rico
  x * 1916a Matthew, W.D. (?Halitherium antillense, n.sp.; Olig.; 23-28.)

Rytina Illiger, 1811
(= Hydrodamalis. Spelled Rhytina by Berthold, 1827, and most later authors; this is an unjustified emendation.)
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. ("Rhytina"; m27.)

Tooth Replacement
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (Halitherium antillense, etc.; 28-29.)

Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1916a Matthew, W.D. (comp. w/ Halitherium antillense; 24.)


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