Miosiren
Miosiren Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Miosiren kocki skeleton | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | Trichechidae |
Subfamily: | †Miosireninae |
Genus: | †Miosiren Dollo, 1889 |
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Miosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Early Miocene of southeastern England (Suffolk) and Antwerp, Belgium.[1]
Two species are recognized, M. canhami and M. kocki.
Phylogeny
A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovered Miosiren as a close relative of Anomotherium in a separate subfamily within Trichechidae, Miosireninae.[2]
See also
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Sirenian genera
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Afrotheria
- Clade: Paenungulata
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†Protosirenidae |
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Trichechidae |
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Dugongidae |
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