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x Schäfer, Wilhelm
  1962
Halitherium: Fossil und Leiche.
Natur und Museum 92(2): 53-56. 2 figs. Feb. 1962.
–Describes a skeleton of Halitherium schinzii (Oligocene), and experiments done with whale and pinniped carcasses to determine the rate and manner of disintegration of the sirenian's body.

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Germany
x  1962Schäfer, W. (Halitherium schinzi; Olig.; 53-56.)
Halitherium schinzii (Kaup, 1838) Kaup, 1855
x  1962Schäfer, W. (manner of decay of carcass; 53-56.)
Oligocene
x  1962Schäfer, W. (Halitherium schinzii; Mainz Basin, Germany; 53-56.)
Paleoecology and Taphonomy
x *1962Schäfer, W. (Halitherium schinzii; Olig., Mainz Basin, Germany; taphonomy experiments; 53-56.)
Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
x  1962Schäfer, W. (decay & disintegration; 53-56.)