Potamosiren
| Potamosiren Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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 of Colombia.[1]
Phylogeny
A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovers Potamosiren as a close relative of modern manatees.[2]
References
- ↑ http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=36893
- ↑ 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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