Metaxytherium

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Metaxytherium Temporal range: Miocene–Pleistocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

M. floridanum fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Sirenia
Family:	Dugongidae
Genus:	Metaxytherium de Christol, 1840
species
M. aquitaniae (Piller, 1987) M. arctodites (Aranda-Manteca et al., 1994) M. beaumontii (De Christol, 1844) (nomen dubium) M. crataegense (Simpson, 1932) M. floridanum (Hay, 1922) M. krahuletzi (Depéret, 1895) M. lovisati (Capellini, 1886) M. medium (Demarest, 1822) (type species) M. meyeri (Abel, 1904) (nomen dubium) M. riveroi (Varona, 1972) M. serresii (Gervais, 1847) M. subapenninum (Bruno, 1839)

Metaxytherium is an extinct genus of dugong that lived from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. Its remains have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Metaxytherium lived in coastal waters and inland waterways, and there is evidence that they were preyed on by early sharks.^[1]

M. krahuletzi

M. subappenninum

References

↑ "METAXYTHERIUM TUSK FOSSILS". Paleo Direct, Inc. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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