†Siren simpsoni Goin and Auffenberg 1955 (Simpson's siren)
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Full reference: C. J. Goin and W. Auffenberg. 1955. The fossil salamanders of the family Sirenidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113(7):497-514
Belongs to Siren according to C. J. Goin and W. Auffenberg 1955
See also Estes 1981
Sister taxa: Siren dunni, Siren hesterna, Siren lacertina, Siren miotexana
Type specimen: MCZ 2284, a set of vertebrae (thoracic vertebra). Its type locality is Haile 6A, which is in a Clarendonian/Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Florida.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Haile 6A
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