†Miosiren canhami Flower 1874 (manatee)
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Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae
Alternative combination: Halitherium canhami
Full reference: W. H. Flower. 1874. Description of the skull of a species of Halitherium (H. canhami) from the Red Crag of Suffolk. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:1-7
Belongs to Miosiren according to D. P. Domning 1996
See also Lydekker 1887, Newton 1891, Trouessart 1904 and Woodward 1885
Sister taxon: Miosiren kocki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Felixstow (reworked), which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the United Kingdom
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Felixstow (reworked)
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