Priscosiren
Priscosiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in the west Atlantic and Puerto Rico during the early Oligocene (Chattian).[1]
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| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Priscosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014 |
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Description
Priscosiren was diagnosed from other "halitheriine" dugongids by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014).[1]
Phylogeny
Priscosiren is recovered by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014) as sister to the Metaxytherium + Hydrodamalinae and Dugonginae clades.[1]
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References
- Jorge Vélez-Juarbe & Daryl P. Domning (2014) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region: X. Priscosiren atlantica, gen. et sp. nov., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34:4, 951-964, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.815192
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