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Miosiren

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Miosiren
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Sirenia
Family:
Trichechidae
Subfamily:
Miosireninae
Genus:
Miosiren

Dollo, 1889
Species
  • Miosiren canhami (Flower, 1874)
  • Miosiren kocki Dollo, 1889 (type)

Miosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Early Miocene of southeastern England (Suffolk) and Antwerp, Belgium.[1]

Two species are recognized, M. canhami and M. kocki.

Phylogeny

A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovered Miosiren as a close relative of Anomotherium in a separate subfamily within Trichechidae, Miosireninae.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=36891
  2. ^ 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

See also

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