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x Simpson, George Gaylord
  1932a
Fossil Sirenia of Florida and the evolution of the Sirenia.
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 59(8): 419-503. 2 tabs. 23 figs. Sept. 6, 1932.
–A comprehensive and judicious review of the order that formed a major and much-cited milestone in sirenian paleontology. Reviews previous knowledge of American fossil sirs., gives a synoptic classification with diagnoses of suprageneric taxa (without noting that two new subfamilies, Dugonginae and Hydrodamalinae, are being established), and describes new taxa from Florida: Hesperosiren crataegensis, n.gen.n.sp. (Miocene), Felsinotherium ossivallense, n.sp., and F. floridanum, n.comb. (both considered Pliocene but now known to be Miocene). The name Halitherium alleni, n.sp., is also given to previously published specimens from South Carolina. Pleistocene occurrences of Trichechus in Florida are discussed, the remaining fossil sirs. of the world are reviewed, and the osteology of the three Recent genera is detailed in an attempt to decipher their origins. Finally, the history of study of sir. affinities is summarized, along with the fossil and Recent distribution of the better-known genera.

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Archaeosiren Abel, 1913
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 471, 473, 481, 495, 499.)
Cheirotherium subapenninum Bruno, 1839
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m479, 481.)
Crassitherium Van Beneden, 1871
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m481.)
Cymatotherium Kaup, 1841
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. ("Cyotherium"; m481.)
Desmostylidae Osborn, 1905
xD 1932cSimpson, G.G. (in classification; 282.)
Desmostyliformes Hay, 1923
xD 1932cSimpson, G.G. (in classification; 282.)
Desmostylus Marsh, 1888
xD 1932aSimpson, G.G. (m422, 425, 488, 495.)
xD 1932cSimpson, G.G. (not a multituberculate or monotreme; m292.)
Dioplotherium manigaulti Cope, 1883
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (referred to Metaxytherium; 421, 445.)
Dugong Lacépède, 1799
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 423-424, 431-432, 435-436, 442, 453-455, 458-460, 462-463, 468, 482-490, 492, 495-499.)
Dugongidae Gray, 1821
x  1932cSimpson, G.G. (in classification; 281.)
Dugonginae (Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1932
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (new rank; in classification; 424.)
Dugungus Tiedemann, 1808
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m423.)
Eosiren Andrews, 1902
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 423, 471-473, 480-481, 491, 495, 499.)
Eosiren libyca Andrews, 1902
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 473.)
Eotherium aegyptiacum Owen, 1875
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m473.)
Eotherium Owen, 1875 (non Leidy, 1853)
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (syn. of Eotheroides; m423, 471.)
Eotheroides aegyptiacum (Owen, 1875) Trouessart, 1905
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 473-474.)
Eotheroides Palmer, 1899
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 423, 462-463, 471-473, 480, 484, 491-492, 495, 499.)
Felsinotherium floridanum (Hay, 1922) Simpson, 1932
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (n.comb.; 447-451, 453.)
Felsinotherium forestii Capellini, 1872
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 433, 451, 453-454, 456, 458-459, 464, 475, 478-479, 495, 499.)
Felsinotherium gastaldi de Zigno, 1878
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m479.)
Felsinotherium gunteri Simpson, 1932
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (nomen nudum; lapsus for F. ossivallense; m449.)
Felsinotherium ossivallense Simpson, 1932
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (n.sp.; "Plioc." [actually Mioc.], Florida; 446-456.)
Felsinotherium serresii (Gervais, 1849) de Zigno, 1878
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 431-432, 435, 440, 443, 451, 453-454, 458-459, 463, 468-469, 475, 478-480.)
Felsinotherium subapenninum (Bruno, 1839) de Zigno, 1878
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 451, 453, 479.)
Florida
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (review of fossil sirs.; Hesperosiren crataegensis, n.gen.n.sp., Mioc.; Felsinotherium ossivallense, n.sp., "Plioc." [actually Mioc.]; 425-427, 445-448, 470.)
Fucotherium Kaup, 1840
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. ("Furcotherium"; m481.)
Halianassa studeri von Meyer, 1838
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 444-445, 475-478.)
Halibutherium Gloger, 1842
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m481.)
Halicore cuvierii de Christol, 1832
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m475.)
Halicoridae Gray, 1825
x  1932cSimpson, G.G. (syn. of Dugongidae; 281.)
Halitherium alleni Simpson, 1932
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (n.sp.; 445.)
Halitherium antillense Matthew, 1916
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m422, 496.)
Halitherium antiquum (Leidy, 1856) Allen, 1926
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m421, 444.)
Halitherium bellunense de Zigno, 1875
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 474, 476-478.)
Halitherium christolii Fitzinger, 1842
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m474, 478.)
Halitherium schinzii (Kaup, 1838) Kaup, 1855
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 424, 431-436, 443-444, 454, 456, 460, 464, 472, 474, 476-478, 480, 495, 499.)
x  1932bSimpson, G.G. (critique of restorations; 7.)
Halitherium veronense de Zigno, 1875
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m473.)
Hesperosiren crataegensis Simpson, 1932
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (n.gen.n.sp.; Mioc., Florida; 427-443, 455, 464, 478, 495, 499.)
x  1932bSimpson, G.G. (mounted skeleton, New York; 5-7.)
Hesperosiren Simpson, 1932
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (n.gen.; Mioc., Florida; 424, 426-427.)
Hydrodamalinae (Palmer, 1895 [1833]) Simpson, 1932
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (new rank; 424.)
Hydrodamalis Retzius, 1794
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 421-424, 427, 435, 443, 454, 480-482, 485-488, 490, 495-496, 499.)
Manatherium Hartlaub, 1886
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 424, 474, 495, 499.)
Manatidae Gray, 1821
x  1932cSimpson, G.G. (syn. of Trichechidae; 281.)
Manatus antiquus Leidy, 1856
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (history of study; 420-421, 444-445, 470.)
Manatus coulombi Filhol, 1878
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (syn. of Eotheroides aegyptiacum; m474.)
Manatus giganteus DeKay, 1842
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m421.)
Manatus inornatus Leidy, 1873
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (history of study; 420-421, 444-445.)
Mesosiren Abel, 1906
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 471, 473, 495, 499.)
Metaxytherium beaumonti de Christol in de Blainville, 1844
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m475.)
Metaxytherium cuvierii (de Christol, 1832) de Christol in de Blainville, 1844
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 427, 431-432, 435, 440, 442, 451, 453-454, 456, 468, 475-476, 478-480.)
Metaxytherium de Christol, 1840
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (review; 421-469-474-488, 495-499.)
Metaxytherium floridanum Hay, 1922
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs., 421, 467; referred to Felsinotherium, 446-447, 496.)
Metaxytherium jordani Kellogg, 1925
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m422, 454, 488, 496.)
Metaxytherium krahuletzi Depéret, 1895
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 451, 453, 458, 468, 475, 478.)
Metaxytherium lovisati Capellini, 1886
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 464.)
Metaxytherium manigaulti (Cope, 1883) Allen, 1926
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (history of study; 421, 445.)
Metaxytherium meyeri Abel, 1904
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m475.)
Metaxytherium petersi Abel, 1904
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m443.)
Miocene
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (Hesperosiren crataegensis, n.gen.n.sp., Felsinotherium ossivallense, n.sp., Florida; 425-426, 445-446, 469, 499.)
Miosiren Dollo, 1889
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 424, 434, 451, 473, 481, 487-488, 495.)
Pachyacanthus Brandt, 1873
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m481.)
Paraliosiren Abel, 1906
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m471, 473.)
Phylogeny and Affinities of the Sirenia and/or Desmostylia
(SEE ALSO under species)
x *1932aSimpson, G.G. (phylogeny of sirs., 470-492; affinities of sirs., history of study, 492-496.)
xD 1932cSimpson, G.G. (classification of sirs., 281-282; Desmostylus, m292.)
Pleistocene
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (Trichechus; Florida; 419-424, 470.)
Pliocene
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (Felsinotherium ossivallense; [actually Mioc.] Florida; 445-446, 469, 499.)
Pontotherium Kaup, 1840
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m481.)
Prohalicore Flot, 1887
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 473, 481, 499.)
Prorastomidae Cope, 1889
x  1932cSimpson, G.G. (in classification; 281.)
Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 422-423, 460, 470-472, 474, 491-492, 495-496, 499.)
Protosiren dolloi Abel, 1904
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 471, 473, 481, 492, 495, 499.)
Prototherium veronense (de Zigno, 1875) de Zigno, 1887
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 423, 444, 471-474, 476-478, 480.)
Pugmeodon Kaup, 1838
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m481.)
Ribodon limbatus Ameghino, 1883
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. ("R. limbato"; m422.)
Rytiodus Lartet, 1866
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 423-424, 451, 480-481, 495, 499.)
South Carolina
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (review of fossil sirs.; 443-445.)
Thalattosiren petersi (Abel, 1904) Sickenberg, 1928
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (comp. w/ other sirs.; 424, 427, 431-433, 441, 443-445, 451, 456, 468, 475-479, 495, 499.)
Trachytherium Gervais, 1849
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m481.)
Trichechidae Gill, 1872 (1821)
x  1932cSimpson, G.G. (in classification; 281.)
Trichechiformes Hay, 1923
x  1932cSimpson, G.G. (in classification; 281.)
Trichechus antiquus (Leidy, 1856) Hay, 1902
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (m421.)
Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1932aSimpson, G.G. (Pleist.-Rec., Florida, 419-424, 470; comp. w/ other sirs., 427, 431, 460, 463, 478, 482, 488-492, 495-499.)