Miosiren
| Miosiren Temporal range: Early Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Trichechidae |
| Subfamily: | Miosireninae |
| Genus: | Miosiren Dollo, 1889 |
| Species | |
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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
- ↑ http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=36891
- ↑ 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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