Protosirenidae

Protosirenidae is an extinct primitive family of the order Sirenia.[1][2]

Protosiren
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Sirenia
Family:
†Protosirenidae
Genera

The protosirenidae is thought to have been an amphibious quadruped, meaning that it spent its time both on land and in the water and had four legs.[3]

See also

References
  1. D. P. Domning, G. J. Heal, and S. Sorbi. 2017. Libysiren sickenbergi, gen. et sp. nov.: a new sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from the middle Eocene of Libya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2):e1299158
  2. http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=43290
  3. Berta, Annalisa; Sumich, James; Kovacs, Kit (2005). Sirenian and Other Marine Mammals: Evolution and Systematics (PDF). Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology (2nd ed.). pp. 89–110. ISBN 9780120885527. Retrieved 15 July 2018.


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