Priscosiren

Priscosiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in the west Atlantic and Puerto Rico during the early Oligocene (Chattian).[1]

Priscosiren
Temporal range: early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Sirenia
Family:
Dugongidae
Subfamily:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Priscosiren

Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014
Species
  • P. atlantica Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014 (type)

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
  1. 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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