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  Abel, Othenio
  1904a
Die Sirenen der mediterranen Tertiärbildungen Österreichs.
Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 19(2): vi + 223. 26 figs. 7 pls. June 1904.
–Abstrs.: Jahresber. Anat. Entwickl. (n.s.) 10(3): 184?; Geol. Mag. (5)2: 329-330, 1905?; Nature (London) 71: 351, 1905? Characterizes in detail Halitherium, Metaxytherium, and Felsinotherium, and gives extensive synonymies of the species of Metaxytherium, including M. Petersi, n.sp., and M. Meyeri, n.sp. Describes cranial and postcranial material of H. Christoli, M. Krahuletzi, and M. Petersi, comparing them with other fossil and living sirs. Concludes that the genus Metaxytherium had a polyphyletic origin from Halitherium Schinzi.

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Austria
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Felsinotherium Capellini, 1872
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Halitherium christolii Fitzinger, 1842
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Halitherium Kaup, 1838
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Metaxytherium de Christol, 1840
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Metaxytherium krahuletzi Depéret, 1895
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Metaxytherium meyeri Abel, 1904
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Metaxytherium petersi Abel, 1904
  *1904aAbel, O. (n.sp.)
Metaxytherium studeri (von Meyer, 1838) Depéret, 1895
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Protosiren dolloi Abel, 1904
  *1904aAbel, O. (n.sp.; nomen nudum)