Potamosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Middle Miocene (Laventan) Honda Group of Colombia.[1]
Phylogeny
A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovers Potamosiren as a close relative of modern manatees.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Potamosiren at Fossilworks.org
- ^ M. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93
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