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Nomenclature; taxonomy; neotype designation; Mammalia; Sirenia; Dugongidae; Halianassa; H. studeri; Halitheriinae; Halitherium; Kaupitherium; K. gruelli; Halitherium schinzii; Europe; Oligocene

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Case 3884: Halitherium Kaup, 1838 and Halitherium schinzii (Kielmeyer & Jäger, 1835) (Mammalia, Sirenia): revised proposal for conservation of current usage by designation of a neotype for Pygmeodon schinzii

Daryl P. Domning, “Case 3884: Halitherium Kaup, 1838 and Halitherium schinzii (Kielmeyer & Jäger, 1835) (Mammalia, Sirenia): revised proposal for conservation of current usage by designation of a neotype for Pygmeodon schinzii”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 81, 2025.

The purpose of this revised application, as in Case 3829, is to conserve the current usage of the generic name Halitherium Kaup, 1838 and the specific name of its type species, Pygmeodon schinzii Kielmeyer & Jäger, 1835 (currently Halitherium schinzi i), for a taxon of fossil sirenians....

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