Metaxytherium
id:
metaxytherium-177-13727224
title:
Metaxytherium
text:
Metaxytherium is an extinct genus of dugong that lived from the Oligocene until the end of the Pliocene. Fossil remains have been found in Africa, Europe, North America and South America. Generally marine seagrass specialists, they inhabited the warm and shallow waters of the Paratethys, Mediterranean, Caribbean Sea and Pacific coastline. American species of Metaxytherium are considered to be ancestral to the North Pacific family Hydrodamalinae, which includes the giant Steller's sea cow.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of dugong
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaxytherium
date created:
2008-05-28T20:00:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T06:44:27Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q2723592","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2723592"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Metaxytherium_albifontanum.jpg","width":740,"height":416}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16