Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: D. P. Domning. 1990. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region, IV. Corystosiren varguezi, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):361-371
Parent taxon: Dugonginae according to M. Voss 2014
See also Berta 2017, Domning 1990, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 1997, Domning 2008, Domning 2018 and Domning 2018
Sister taxa: Bharatisiren, Callistosiren, Crenatosiren, Culebratherium, Dioplotherium, Domningia, Dugong, Italosiren, Kutchisiren, Norosiren, Rytiodus, Xenosiren
Subtaxa: Corystosiren varguezi
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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