†Callistosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning 2015 (dugong)
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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
Type: Callistosiren boriquensis
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Quebrada Collazo (Oligocene of Puerto Rico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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