Biology:Callistosiren

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammal

Callistosiren
Temporal range: late Oligocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Subfamily: Dugonginae
Genus: Callistosiren
Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2015
Species
  • C. boriquensis Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2015 (type)

Callistosiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in what is now Puerto Rico during the late Oligocene (Chattian).[1]

References

  1. J. Velez-Juarbe and D. P. Domning. 2015. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XI. Callistosiren boriquensis, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e885034

Wikidata ☰ Q65121986 entry