Stegosiren Domning and Beatty 2019 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: D. P. Domning and B. L. Beatty. 2019. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XII. Stegosiren macei, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1650369

Parent taxon: Halitheriinae according to D. P. Domning and B. L. Beatty 2019

Sister taxa: Eosiren, Metaxytherium, Pachyspondylus, Prototheriidae, Prototherium

Subtaxa: Stegosiren macei

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Type: Stegosiren macei

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shadowmoss Golf Course Back 9 (Oligocene of South Carolina)

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