Paralitherium Knowpia

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

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

Etymology edit

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

^ L. Kordos. 1977. Uj felsoeocen szirena (Paralitherium tarkanyense) n.g. n.sp. Felsotarkanybol. Relationes Annuae Instituti Geologici Publici Hungarici 1975:349-367.