Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Marsh, Othniel Charles | ||
| 1888 | Notice of a new fossil sirenian, from California. Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts (3)35(205)(whole vol. no. 135): 94-96. 3 figs. Jan. 1888. –This, the first scientific paper published on desmostylians, describes Desmostylus hesperus, n.gen.n.sp., from Alameda County, Calif., on the basis of isolated teeth and a lumbar vertebra deposited in the Yale Peabody Museum. It was believed to be Pliocene in age and related to Metaxytherium and Halicore. In fact it is Miocene in age, and according to Merriam (1911: 404) the type was actually collected in Contra Costa County. | ||
Related Index Records
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California
| x | D | * | 1888 | Marsh, O.C. (Desmostylus hesperus, n.gen.n.sp.; Alameda Co.; 94-96.) |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh, 1888
| x | D | * | 1888 | Marsh, O.C. (n.gen.n.sp.; Alameda Co., California; 94-96.) |
Desmostylus Marsh, 1888
| x | D | * | 1888 | Marsh, O.C. (n.gen.; Alameda Co., California; 94-96.) |
Halicore Illiger, 1811
| x | D | 1888 | Marsh, O.C. (thought related to Desmostylus; m96.) |
Metaxytherium de Christol, 1840
| x | D | 1888 | Marsh, O.C. ("Metataxytherium"; thought related to Desmostylus; m96.) |
Miocene
| x | D | 1888 | Marsh, O.C. (Desmostylus hesperus, n.gen.n.sp.; California; 94-96.) |
Pliocene
| x | D | 1888 | Marsh, O.C. (Desmostylus hesperus, n.gen.n.sp.; [actually Mioc.] California; 94-96.) |