Priscosiren

Priscosiren Temporal range: early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Sirenia
Family:	Dugongidae
Genus:	†Priscosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014
Species
P. atlantica Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014 (type)

Priscosiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in the west Atlantic and Puerto Rico during the early Oligocene (Chattian).^[1]

Description

Priscosiren was diagnosed from other "halitheriine" dugongids by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014).^[1]

Phylogeny

Priscosiren is recovered by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014) as sister to the Metaxytherium + Hydrodamalinae and Dugonginae clades.^[1]

References

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Sirenian genera

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Superorder: Afrotheria
• Clade: Paenungulata

Sirenia

†Eosiren †Eotheroides †Prototherium †Sobrarbesiren
†Prorastomidae	Pezosiren Prorastomus
†Protosirenidae	Ashokia Libysiren Protosiren
Trichechidae	†Miosireninae Anomotherium Miosiren Trichechinae †Potamosiren †Ribodon Trichechus
Dugongidae	†Anisosiren †Caribosiren †Halitherium †Indosiren †Lentiarenium †Kaupitherium †Metaxytherium †Paralitherium †Priscosiren †Prohalicore †Stegosiren †Sirenavus †Hydrodamalinae Dusisiren Hydrodamalis Dugonginae †Bharatisiren †Callistosiren †Crenatosiren †Corystosiren †Culebratherium †Dioplotherium †Domningia Dugong †Italosiren †Kutchisiren †Nanosiren †Norosiren †Rytiodus †Xenosiren

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