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Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Thomas O'Shea
Wildlife Biologist, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado. Former deputy chair, Sirenian Specialist Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - Impact of the extinct megaherbivore Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) on kelp forest resilience.	Yamini Chauhan	Jan 03, 2025
	Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Was Stellers sea cow exterminated?	Gloria Lotha	Jun 04, 2024
	Add new Web site: Clark Science Center at Smith College - Hydrodamalis gigas.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 21, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Royal Society - Modelling the extinction of Steller's sea cow.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 07, 2024
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Modelling the extinction of Steller's sea cow.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 01, 2023
	Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Stellers Sea Cow.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 22, 2023
	Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Stellers sea cow genome suggests this species began going extinct before the arrival of Paleolithic humans.	Gloria Lotha	May 30, 2023
	Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Steller's sea cow: the first historical extinction of a marine mammal at human hands.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 27, 2023
	Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Stellers sea cow.	Surabhi Sinha	Feb 19, 2014
	Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Hydrodamalis gigas.	Gloria Lotha	May 29, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 02, 2001
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998