Xenosiren

Xenosiren is an extinct genus of dugong which existed in Mexico during the Micoene.[1]

Xenosiren
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Subfamily: Dugonginae
Genus: Xenosiren
Domning, 1989
Species
  • X. yucateca Domning, 1989 (type)

References

  1. D. P. Domning. 1989. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. III. Xenosiren yucateca, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):429-437


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