Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Whitmore, Frank Clifford, Jr.; Gard, Leonard Meade, Jr. | ||
| 1977 | Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) of Late Pleistocene age from Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 1036: iii + 19. 5 tabs. Cover illus. + 10 figs. 8 pls. –Describes a partial skeleton of an immature animal and other Hydrodamalis remains from a deposit at South Bight, Amchitka. Also includes many measurements and illustrations of Bering Island H. gigas specimens in the U.S. National Museum; a description of a supposed Hydrodamalis rib fragment from Kangiguksuk, northwestern Alaska (3, 15-16); and illustrations of the mounted Hydrodamalis skeleton at Stockholm (pl. 1). The cover illustration of a sea cow was first publ. in V.B. Scheffer (1973). | ||
Related Index Records
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Alaska
| x | * | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (HG; Pleist., Amchitka, 1-19; archeological site, Kangiguksuk, 3, 15.) |
Archeological Sites, Sirenia at
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (HG; Alaska; 3, 15, 18.) |
Arctic Region
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (HG; Kangiguksuk, Alaska; 3, 15, 18.) |
Bering Sea
(SEE ALSO: Alaska; Asia; Hydrodamalis and synonyms; Pacific Ocean)
(SEE ALSO: Alaska; Asia; Hydrodamalis and synonyms; Pacific Ocean)
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (HG; Aleutian & Commander Islands; 1-8, 18.) |
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (comp. w/ HG; 11, 13, 16.) |
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (HG; by Aleuts & Russians; 3, 18.) |
Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning, 1978
| x | v | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard ("Hydrodamalis n. sp."; m3, m18.) |
Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Palmer, 1895
| x | * | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (Pleist., Amchitka, Alaska; 1-19, pls. 1-8.) |
Metaxytherium de Christol, 1840
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (comp. w/ HG; 9, 11-12, 16-17.) |
Metaxytherium jordani Kellogg, 1925
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (m3.) |
Paleoecology and Taphonomy
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (HG; Pleist., Amchitka Is., Alaska; 5-8, 18.) |
Pleistocene
| x | * | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (HG; Amchitka Is., Alaska; 1-8, 18.) |
Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (HG; illustrations & measurements; 9-18, pls. 1-8.) |
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
| x | 1977 | Whitmore & Gard (comp. w/ HG; 11.) |