Xenosiren Domning 1989 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: D. P. Domning. 1989. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. III. Xenosiren yucateca, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):429-437

Parent taxon: Dugonginae according to M. Voss 2014

See also Berta 2017, Domning 1989, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 1997, Domning 2008, Domning 2018 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Xenosiren yucateca

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Type: Xenosiren yucateca

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kambul ( of Mexico)

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