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Jamaica ( 30 )
		1725	Sloane, H. (TMM)
		1756	Browne, P. (TMM)
x		1821b	Home, E. (TMM; m390.)
x		1851	Gosse, P.H. (TMM; 341-346, 348-349.)
x	*	1855	Owen, R. (Prorastomus sirenoides, n.gen.n.sp.; Eoc.; 541.)
x		1875a	Owen, R. (Prorastomus; age of locality in doubt; 103.)
x		1896	Neish, W.D. (TMM; 287-288.)
x		1898	Hill, R.T. (TM; m199.)
x		1910	Woodward, A.S. (Eoc. sir.; m470.)
x		1928	Cundall, F. (TMM; m139, 143.)
		1968	Woodley, J.D. (TMM)
x		1978	Powell, J.A., Jr. (TMM; eating fish; 442.)
x		1982	Fairbairn & Haynes (TMM; aerial surveys; 289-293.)
x		1982	Wing & Reitz (TMM; at archeological site; m16.)
		1986	Shaul & Haynes
x		1989	Lefebvre et al. (TMM; distr., status, & biogeography; 573-574, 600.)
x	*	1990	Donovan et al. (Prorastomus sirenoides; Middle Eoc., Manchester Parish; new specimen; 660-662.)
x		1993	Domning & Clark (Prorastomus sirenoides; 414.)
x		1994	Marsh & Lefebvre (TMM; status; 157.)
	*	1994	Savage et al. (Prorastomus sirenoides; redescr. & new specimen)
x		1996	Miller & Donovan (indet. sir.; Early Eoc., Wait-A-Bit Cave, Trelawny Parish; 38, 46.)
		1997	Chow, B.A. (TMM; West Harbour)
x		1997	Portell, R.W. (Prorastomus & new prorastomids; Eoc.; pop. acc.; 5-7.)
		1999d	Domning, D.P. (indeterminate sirs.; Late Olig., Browns Town; 29.)
		2001	Portell et al. (prorastomidds; Eoc., Seven Rivers)
x		2001c	Domning, D.P. (Pezosiren portelli, n.gen.n.sp.; Middle Eoc.; 625-627.)
x		2001	Reed, C. (Pezosiren portelli; gen. acc; 8.)
x	*	2003	Mignucci et al. (TMM, in capt.; Alligator Hole R.; 7-12.)
	*	2005	Domning, D.P. (TM; Late Pleist.)
		2007	Donovan et al. (Pezosiren portelli; Eoc.)

Japan ( 165 )
(SEE ALSO: Sakhalin)
			1881	Matsubara, S. (DD)
x	D		1902a	Osborn, H.F. (Desmostylus; discussion of original Japanese discovery; 713-714.)
x	D	*	1902	Yoshiwara & Iwasaki (Desmostylus; Togari; 1-2.)
x	D		1911	Merriam, J.C. (Desmostylus; 406.)
x			1932	Hirasaka, K. (DD; 3.)
			1933	Oshima, H. (DD; Yaeyama & Miyako Islands; hunting)
x			1934	Hirasaka, K. (DD; 4221.)
x	D	*	1937b	Nagao, T. (Desmostylella typica, n.gen.n.sp.; Mioc., Honshu; 82-85.)
x	D		1937c	Nagao, T. (Desmostylus cf. minor; Hokkaido; 110-113.)
	D		1939b	Tokunaga, S. (historical note on identification of Togari Desmostylus skull; iii-v.)
	D		1944	Naora, N.
x	D		1951	DEREC ("Desmostylus" [actually Paleoparadoxia]; Izumi; discovery & collection; 414.)
x	D		1952	DEREC (Desmostylus, Togari; Paleoparadoxia, Izumi; re-collection & stratigraphy of localities; 144.)
	D		1953	Arai, J.
x	D		1963	Mitchell & Repenning (desmostylians; chronologic & geographic range; 3-5, 10-12, 15-16.)
	D	*	1966a	Shikama, T.
	D	*	1966c	Shikama, T.
x			1970	Shikama & Domning (Hydrodamalis sp.; Late Plioc., Honshu; 390-394.)
			1971	Ohama, N. (DD; Yaeyama Islands; hunting with nets)
x	D	*	1972	Ikebe et al. (desmostylians; stratigraphic range; 44-45, 47-48, 65-66.)
	D		1973	Akiyama & Kumano
x	D		1973	Shikama et al. (sirs. & desmostylians; stratigraphic range; 138, 140-141.)
	D		1974	Kozawa, Y.
	D		1975	Kamei & Okazaki
			1976	Hojo, T. (DD; Okinawa; archeological site)
	D		1977	Inuzuka et al.
	D		1977	Inuzuka, N.
x	D		1977	Kamei & Okazaki (Desmostylus, Paleoparadoxia; stratigraphic range Middle-Late Mioc.; 354.)
	D		1977	Kimura, M.
	D		1977a	Okazaki, Y.
	D		1977b	Okazaki, Y.
	D		1977	Sato & Ijiri (Paleoparadoxia tabatai)
	D		1978	Yamaguchi, S. (Desmostylus; Hokkaido)
	D		1978	Fujimoto & Sakamoto (Paleoparadoxia)
	D		1978	Hasegawa, Y.
	D		1978	Itoigawa & Nakamura
	D		1978	Kimura, Akiyama, & Kumano
	D		1978	Kimura, M.
	D		1978	Tsunoda et al. (Paleoparadoxia tabatai; Mioc.)
x			1979	Kamiya et al. (DD; Okinawa; organ weights; 129-131.)
	D		1979	Kimura & Takaku
x			1979	Takahashi et al. (Dusisiren n.sp.; Late Mioc., Yamagata; 228.)
x			1980	Blair, D. (DD; Okinawa; trematode Indosolenorchis hirudinaceus; 512-513.)
	D		1980	Inuzuka & Murai (Paleoparadoxia)
x	D		1980	Inuzuka et al. (supposed Dugong [actually desmostylian?]; Middle Mioc., Hokkaido; 639-641.)
x			1981a	Blair, D. (DD; Okinawa; parasitic flukes; 15, 36, 39.)
	D		1981	Kimura, M. (Hokkaido)
	D		1981	Shibata et al.
			1981	Takahashi, S. (Dusisiren n.sp.)
	D		1981	Yamaguchi et al.
	D		1982	Abe et al. (Desmostylus; Mioc., Shimane)
x			1982	Aizu Fossil Research Group (Dusisiren cf. jordani; Late Mioc., Fukushima; 282-284.)
			1982	Furusawa & Kimura
			1982	Hasegawa & Nohara (DD)
	D		1982a	Kimura, M. (Desmostylus)
			1982b	Kimura, M.
x			1983	Kimura et al. (Hydrodamalis; Pleist., Hokkaido; 162-177, pls. 1-4.)
	D		1983	Sakamoto, O.
x		*	1983	Takahashi et al. (Dusisiren n.sp.; Late Mioc., Yamagata; report on excavation; 1-76.)
		*	1984	Okazaki, Y. (Dugongid(?) caudal vertebrae from the Late Oligocene Honjo Formation, Ashiya Group, Fukuoka, Japan.)
	D		1984	Akamatsu, M.
	D		1984	Chinzei, K.
			1984	Furusawa, H.
	D		1984	Goto & Kuga
	D		1984	Itoigawa, J.
	D		1984	Kamei, T.
	D		1984	Kaseno, Y.
	D		1984	Oishi & Kawakami
	D		1984	Taguchi, E.
	D		1984	Takayasu & Nakamura
		*	1984	Takikawa Investigation Group
	D		1984	Yamanoi, T.
	D		1984	Yoshida, K.
	D		1985	Inuzuka et al. (Desmostylus; metatarsus)
			1985	Shinohara et al. (HG; Pleist., Hokkaido)
	D		1986	Hasegawa, Y. (Paleoparadoxia; Yanagawa)
	D		1986	Inuzuka & Karasawa (Paleoparadoxia)
	D		1986a	Suzuki et al. (Paleoparadoxia)
	D		1986b	Suzuki et al. (Paleoparadoxia)
x		*	1986	Takahashi et al. (Dusisiren dewana, n.sp., Late Mioc., Yamagata, 296-300; other sirs., 317-318.)
			1987	Furusawa, H.
	D		1987	Hasegawa & Tanaka
	D		1987	Horikawa et al.
	D		1987a	Inuzuka, N.
	D		1987	Kamiya, H.
	D		1987	Kohno, N.
			1987	Koizumi, A.
	D		1987	Kokufuda, Y.
	D		1987	Kuga et al.
	D		1987	Ogasawara & Morita (Paleoparadoxia; paleoecology)
	D		1987	Oishi, M.
			1987	Okazaki, Y.
	D		1987	Sakamoto, O.
	D		1987	Takeyama & Azuma
	D		1988	Hasegawa et al.
x			1988	Hasegawa, H. (DD; Okinawa; nematode Paradujardinia halicoris; 23-25.)
	D		1988	Hasegawa, Y.
	D		1988c	Inuzuka, N.
	D		1988d	Inuzuka, N.
	D		1988a	Kamiya, H.
			1988	Kobayashi & Aizu Fossil Res. Group
	D		1988	Kobayashi et al.
	D		1988	Kohno & Hasegawa
	D		1988	Kozawa et al.
	D		1988	Matsuuda, N.
			1988	Miyazaki et al.
			1988	Oishi, M.
x	D		1988	Saito et al. (Behemotops sp.; Late Olig., Hokkaido; age; 269-273.)
	D		1988	Sakamoto, O.
	D		1988	Takeyama & Azuma
	D		1989a	Inuzuka, N. (Behemotops; Hokkaido)
	D		1989	Kamei et al. (Paleoparadoxia; Tsuyama)
			1989b	Kamiya, T.
	D		1989	Satoh et al.
			1990	Furusawa et al. (Hydrodamalis spissa)
x	D		1990	Ogasawara & Morita (Paleoparadoxia; paleoecology; 29-30.)
	D		1990	Oishi et al. (Desmostylus; Kintaichi)
	D		1992	Kaneko & Goto (Paleoparadoxia tabatai; Toyama Prefecture)
	D		1992	Kaneko & Inuzuka (Paleoparadoxia tabatai, Desmostylus japonicus; Toyama Prefecture)
			1992	Kohno & Takaizumi (Halitheriinae indet.; Late Mioc., Sendai Prefecture)
		*	1992	Pirika Sirenia Research Group (Hydrodamalis sp.; Pleist., Hokkaido)
	D		1992	Satoh et al. (Desmostylus japonicus molar; Ibaraki City, Japan)
	D		1993	Hasegawa et al. (Paleoparadoxia; Yanagawa)
			1993	Kobayashi et al. (Annaka)
			1994	Furusawa & Kohno (HG; Middle Pleist.)
	D		1994	Hasegawa & Taketani (Paleoparadoxia tabatai; Yanagawa)
			1994	Nishinakagawa et al. (dugongid; at archeological site)
x	D		1994	Shimada & Inuzuka (Paleoparadoxia, Desmostylus; Mioc., Saitama Prefecture; 553-577.)
			1994	Uchida, S. (DD)
			1995	Furusawa & Kimura (Hydrodamalis spissa, Early Plioc.; Hydrodamalis sp., Early Pleist.; Hokkaido)
	D		1995	Hasegawa et al. (Desmostylus; Middle Mioc., Nagano Prefecture)
			1995	Kimura et al. (Late Mioc., Hokkaido)
		*	1995	Kobayashi et al. (Dusisiren takasatensis, n.sp.; Late Mioc.)
	D		1997	Hasegawa, Y. (fossil sirs. & desmostylians)
			1998	Kobayashi, S. (Hydrodamalinae)
			1998	Nagasawa & Kobayashi (Hydrodamalis sp.; Plioc.; Yamagata Prefecture)
	D		1998	Kimura et al. (Desmostylus, Paleoparadoxia; Mioc.; Akan-cho, Hokkaido, Japan)
			1999	Taru & Matsushima (Nojima Formation, Kanagawa Prefecture)
	D		2000	Taketani, Y.
	D		2000	Takaizumi & Sato (Paleoparadoxia; Mioc.)
	D		2000	Hasegawa et al. (Niwaya Fm.)
			2002	Kobayashi, S. (indeterminate halitheriine; Mioc.)
	D		2002	Yoshida & Kimura (Desmostylus hesperus, Paleoparadoxia tabatai; Mioc., Akan, Hokkaido)
	D		2002	Watanabe & Kimura (Desmostylus hesperus, Paleoparadoxia tabatai; Mioc., Akan, Hokkaido)
	D		2002	Kimura, M. (Desmostylus hesperus, Paleoparadoxia tabatai; Mioc., Akan, Hokkaido)
	D		2002	Sato & Kimura (Desmostylus hesperus, Paleoparadoxia tabatai; Mioc., Akan, Hokkaido)
			2002	Kobayashi, S. (Annaka)
x			2003	Sadler, R. (DD; Okinawa; threat from airbase construction; 24.)
			2004	Uno & Kimura (Desmostylus hesperus; Middle Mioc., Utanobori, Hokkaido)
			2004	Yamamuro et al. (DD; Kyushu; stable isotopes of tissues and gut contents)
	D		2006	Inuzuka et al. ("Paleoparadoxia tabatai"; Mioc., Akita Prefecture)
	D		2006	Hasegawa et al. (Paleoparadoxia sp.; Middle Mioc., Gunma; forelimb)
		*	2007	Shirakihara et al. (DD; southern Japan; distribution & conservation)
			2007	Kohno et al. (Hydrodamalis sp.; Lower Pleist.; Tokyo, Japan)
			2007	Tomida & Ohta (Desmostylus sp.; Hokkaido; Middle Mioc.)
			2008	Myoken Research Group (Hydrodamalis sp.; Late Plioc.; Nagaoka)
	D		2008	Hasegawa & Kimura (Paleoparadoxia sp., Kurosawa & Nakajima specimens; Middle Mioc., Gunma)
	D		2008	Shimaguchi, T. (Aomori Prefecture; Middle Mioc.)
	D		2009	Inuzuka et al. (?desmostylian footprints; Lower Mioc.)
	D		2009	Sakurai, K. (Desmostylus japonicus; Hokkaido; Mioc.)
		*	2012	Ikeda & Mukai (DD; distribution, status, & conservation)
	D		2014	Hasegawa et al. (Paleoparadoxia sp.; Early Mioc., Hokkaido)
	D	*	2015	Chiba et al. (cf. Vanderhoofius sp., Middle Mioc., Hokkaido)
	D		2015	Matsui & Kawabe (Paleoparadoxia sp.; early Mioc., Chikubetsu, Hokkaido)
	D		2018	Matsui et al. (Paleoparadoxia femur; Mioc., Fukushima)