Miosiren Dollo 1889 (manatee)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Full reference: L. Dollo. 1889. Premiere Note sure les Sireniens de Boom. Bulletin de la Société belge de géologie, de paléontologie et d'hydrologie 3:415-421

Parent taxon: Miosireninae according to M. Voss 2014

See also Abel 1919, Berta 2017, Cope 1890, Dollo 1889, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2018, Heal 1973, Kretzoi 1941, Palmer 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1932, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxon: Anomotherium

Subtaxa: Miosiren canhami Miosiren kocki

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Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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