Xenosiren
Xenosiren Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | Dugongidae |
Subfamily: | Dugonginae |
Genus: | †Xenosiren Domning, 1989 |
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Xenosiren is an extinct genus of dugong which existed in Mexico during the Micoene.[1]
References[]
- ^ D. P. Domning. 1989. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. III. Xenosiren yucateca, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):429-437
Categories:
- Miocene sirenians
- Fossil taxa described in 1989
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric afrotherian stubs