Potamosiren
Potamosiren Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Laventan) ~13.8–11.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | Trichechidae |
Subfamily: | Trichechinae |
Genus: | †Potamosiren Reinhart 1951 |
Species | |
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Potamosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Middle Miocene (Laventan) Honda Group of Colombia.[1]
Phylogeny
A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovers Potamosiren as a close relative of modern manatees.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Potamosiren at Fossilworks.org
- ^ M. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93
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