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)

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

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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