Italosiren
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| Subfamily: | Dugonginae
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| Genus: | Italosiren Voss, Sorbi, and Domning, 2017
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Italosiren is an extinct genus of early dugong from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in northern Italy.
Classification
It was originally classified as a species of Halitherium, H. bellunense, but was eventually recognized as closer to the dugong than to Halitherium schinzii, necessitating erection of the new generic name Italosiren.[1][2][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ De Zigno, A. 1875. Sirenii fossil itrovati nel Veneto. Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettre ed Arti 18: 427–456.
- ^ Domning, D. P. (1989). "Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. II. Dioplotherium manigaulti Cope, 1883". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 9 (4): 415–428. doi:10.1080/02724634.1989.10011774.
- ^ Domning, D. P. (1996). "Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 80 (80): 1–611. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.80.1.
- ^ Voss, M.; Sorbi, S.; Domning, D. (2017). "Morphological and systematic re-assessment of the late Oligocene "Halitherium" bellunense reveals a new crown group genus of Sirenia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 62 (1): 163–172. doi:10.4202/app.00287.2016.
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