Sirenavus

Sirenavus was an early sea cow from the Eocene of Hungary.

Sirenavus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Sirenia
Family:
Dugongidae
Genus:
Sirenavus

Kretzoi, 1941
Species
  • S. hungaricus Kretzoi, 1941 (type)

Location

Fossils of Sirenavus are known from the Eocene deposits in Hungary.[1][2]

References
  1. M. Kretzoi. 1941. Sirenavus hungaricus N. G. N. Sp., ein Neuer Prorastomide aus dem Mitteleozan (Lutetium) von Felsogallia in Ungarn. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungaricic Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica 34:146-156.
  2. L. Kordos. 2002. Eocene sea cows (Sirenia, Mammalia) from Hungary. Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 20:43-48

See also
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