Sobrarbesiren Díaz-Berenguer et al. 2018 (sirenian)

Mammalia - Sirenia

Full reference: E. Díaz-Berenguer, A. Badiola, M. Moreno-Azanza and J. Ignacio Canudo. 2018. First adequately-known quadrupedal sirenian from Eurasia (Eocene, Bay of Biscay, Huesca, northeastern Spain). Nature Scientific Reports 8(5127):1-13

Parent taxon: Sirenia according to E. Díaz-Berenguer et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Crassitherium, Dugongidae, Dugongoidea, Manatherium, Manatus inornatus, Prorastomidae, Prorastomoidea, Protosirenidae, Pugmeodon, Rhytinidae, Sirenotherium, Sirenotherium pirabense, Trichechidae

Subtaxa: Sobrarbesiren cardieli

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Type: Sobrarbesiren cardieli

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Castejón de Sobrarbe (Eocene of Spain)

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