Eosiren
Eosiren Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | Dugongidae |
Subfamily: | †Halitheriinae |
Genus: | Eosiren Abel, 1913 |
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Eosiren is an extinct genus of sea cow that lived during the late Eocene.[1]
Skull of E. libyca
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E. libyca and an extant manatee by Charles R. Knight
References
- ↑ Andrews, C. W. (1902). "II.—Preliminary Note on some Recently Discovered Extinct Vertebrates from Egypt. (Part III.)". Geological Magazine. 9 (7): 291. doi:10.1017/S0016756800181178.
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