Biology:Priscosiren
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Priscosiren is an extinct genus of sirenian mammal which existed in the west Atlantic and Puerto Rico during the late Oligocene (Chattian).[1]
Distribution
The type locality is the San Sebastián Limestone of Puerto Rico, with a record also known from the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina, USA.[2]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jorge Vélez-Juarbe & Daryl P. Domning (2014) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region: X. Priscosiren atlantica, gen. et sp. nov., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34:4, 951-964, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.815192
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:299759.
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