| Summary: | Les collections du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Lyon contiennent un squelette sub-complet partiellement composite, deux crânes et deux mandibules de rhytine de Steller (Hydrodamalis gigas). Ce matériel, acquis vers la fin du XIXème siècle mais resté inédit, est décrit en détail, accroissant ainsi nos connaissances sur un grand mammifère récemment éteint, mal connu et plutôt rare dans les collections. Collections of the Natural History Museum of Lyon include an almost complete adult skeleton of the gigantic sea-cow Hydrodamalis gigas, together with two skulls and two mandibles of the same species. These osteological pieces were acquired during the XIXth century and exhibited since to the public but remained unpublished. These are described here in detail for the first time. This material increases our knowledge of a recently extinct and poorly known large mammalian species relatively rare in the world's scientific collections. Jousse Hélène, Guérin Claude, Philippe Michel. Les rhytines de Steller (Mammalia, Sirenia, Dugongidae) du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Lyon. In: Cahiers scientifiques du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lyon - Centre de conservation et d'étude des collections, tome 10, 2006. pp. 5-49.
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