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x Simpson, George Gaylord
  1930a
Sea sirens: the strange mammals from which came the ancient ideas of mermaids and sirens.
Nat. Hist. (New York) 30(1): 41-47. 6 figs. Jan. 1930.
–Pop. acc. of Recent and fossil sirs. Comments on possible West Indian or African origins of the name "manatee" (43).

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Dugong Lacépède, 1799
x  1930aSimpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 41-47.)
Eotherium Owen, 1875 (non Leidy, 1853)
x  1930aSimpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 46.)
Eotheroides Palmer, 1899
x  1930aSimpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 46.)
Florida
   1930bSimpson, G.G.
Mermaid Legend
(SEE ALSO: Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Ri)
x  1930aSimpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 41-42.)
Prorastomus Owen, 1855
x  1930aSimpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 44.)
Rytina Illiger, 1811
   1930aSimpson, G.G.
Vernacular Names
x  1930aSimpson, G.G. (TM, TS; Carib & West African; 43.)