Priscosiren
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Dugongidae |
| Genus: | †Priscosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014 |
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Priscosiren is an extinct genus of sirenian mammal which existed in the west Atlantic and Puerto Rico during the late Oligocene (Chattian).
Distribution
The type locality is the San Sebastián Limestone of Puerto Rico, with a record also known from the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina, USA.
Description
Priscosiren was diagnosed from other "halitheriine" dugongids by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014).
Phylogeny
Priscosiren is recovered by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014) as sister to the Metaxytherium + Hydrodamalinae and Dugonginae clades.
References
- 1 2 3 Jorge Vélez-Juarbe & Daryl P. Domning (2014) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region: X. Priscosiren atlantica, gen. et sp. nov., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34:4, 951-964, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.815192
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
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