Callistosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning 2015 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Dugonginae according to J. Velez-Juarbe and D. P. Domning 2015

See also Berta 2017

Sister taxa: Bharatisiren, Corystosiren, Crenatosiren, Culebratherium, Dioplotherium, Domningia, Dugong, Italosiren, Kutchisiren, Norosiren, Rytiodus, Xenosiren

Subtaxa: Callistosiren boriquensis

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Type: Callistosiren boriquensis

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Collazo (Oligocene of Puerto Rico)

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