Paralitherium

Paralitherium was an early sea cow from the late Eocene of Hungary (Felsotarkany).

Paralitherium Temporal range: Priabonian ~37–34 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Sirenia
Family:	Dugongidae
Genus:	†Paralitherium Kordos, 1977
Species
P. tarkanyense Kordos, 1977 (type)

Etymology

The species name tarkanyense honors Felsotarkany, Hungary, where the type specimen was collected.^[1]

See also

• Evolution of sirenians