Priscosiren
Priscosiren Temporal range: early Oligocene | |
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Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Priscosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014 |
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Priscosiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in the west Atlantic and Puerto Rico during the early Oligocene (Chattian).[1]
Description[edit]
Priscosiren was diagnosed from other "halitheriine" dugongids by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014).[1]
Phylogeny[edit]
Priscosiren is recovered by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014) as sister to the Metaxytherium + Hydrodamalinae and Dugonginae clades.[1]
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