Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Osborn, Henry Fairfield | ||
| 1902a | A remarkable new mammal from Japan. Its relationship to the Californian genus Desmostylus, Marsh. Science 16(409): 713-714. Oct. 31, 1902. –Discusses the similarities between the Japanese and American Desmostylus, and lists some American specimens. In Yoshiwara & Iwasaki (1902), Osborn considered the Japanese specimen a proboscidean; he now concedes that Desmostylus may be either a proboscidean or a sirenian. | ||
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California
| x | D | 1902a | Osborn, H.F. (finds of Desmostylus; 713-714.) |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh, 1888
| x | D | 1902a | Osborn, H.F. (comp. w/ Japanese Desmostylus; 713-714.) |
Egypt
(SEE ALSO: Red Sea)
(SEE ALSO: Red Sea)
| x | 1902b | Osborn, H.F. (Eosiren; Eoc.; 715.) |
Eocene
| x | 1902b | Osborn, H.F. (Eosiren; Egypt; 715.) |
Eosiren Andrews, 1902
| x | 1902b | Osborn, H.F. (phyletic significance; 715.) |
Halicore Illiger, 1811
| x | 1902a | Osborn, H.F. (m714.) |
Halitherium Kaup, 1838
| x | 1902b | Osborn, H.F. (m715.) |
Japan
(SEE ALSO: Sakhalin)
(SEE ALSO: Sakhalin)
| x | D | 1902a | Osborn, H.F. (Desmostylus; discussion of original Japanese discovery; 713-714.) |
Metaxytherium de Christol, 1840
| x | 1902a | Osborn, H.F. (m714.) |
Oregon
| x | D | 1902a | Osborn, H.F. (Desmostylus; 714.) |
Phylogeny and Affinities of the Sirenia and/or Desmostylia
(SEE ALSO under species)
(SEE ALSO under species)
| x | D | 1902a | Osborn, H.F. (Desmostylus considered either proboscidean or sir.; 713.) | |
| x | 1902b | Osborn, H.F. (Eosiren; 715.) |