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x Leidy, Joseph
  1856a
Notices of remains of extinct Mammalia, discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden, in Nebraska Territory.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 8: 88-90. Read Apr. 8, 1856.
–Describes Ischyrotherium antiquus (sic), n.gen.n.sp., a supposed sir. based on vertebrae and rib fragments from the Nebraska Territory (89). Later, Leidy (1869) decided these remains were reptilian. The holotype is USNM 6643, and is evidently referable to Plesiosauria.

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Ischyrotherium antiquum Leidy, 1856
x *1856aLeidy, J. ("Ischyrotherium antiquus", n.gen.n.sp.; Nebraska; 89.)
Ischyrotherium Leidy, 1856
x *1856aLeidy, J. (n.gen.; Nebraska; 89.)
Manatus antiquus Leidy, 1856
x *1856bLeidy, J. (n.sp.; ?Mioc., eastern U.S.A.; 165.)
Manatus Brünnich, 1771
x  1856aLeidy, J. (comp. w/ Ischyrotherium; m89.)
Manatus latirostris Harlan, 1824
x  1856bLeidy, J. (comp. w/ M. antiquus; 165.)
Miocene
x  1856bLeidy, J. (Manatus antiquus, n.sp.; New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina; 165.)
New Jersey
x  1856bLeidy, J. (Manatus antiquus; 165.)
North America
(SEE ALSO under countries and states)
x  1856aLeidy, J. (Ischyrotherium, supposed sir. from Nebraska; 89.)
South Carolina
x *1856bLeidy, J. (Manatus antiquus, n.sp.; 165.)
Virginia
x  1856bLeidy, J. (Manatus antiquus; 165.)