On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences
The holotype of the sirenian species Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 from the Alzey Formation (early Oligocene) of the Mainz Basin, western Germany, is reviewed in detail and revised. It is concluded that the type specimen, an isolated premolar, is non-diagnostic, because it reveals no characters of...
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| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Zoosystematics and Evolution |
| Online Access: | http://zse.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1092 |