†subfamily Miosireninae Abel 1919 (manatee)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Full reference: O. Abel. 1919. Die Stämme der Wirbeltiere. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Leipzig 914 p.

Parent taxon: Trichechidae according to M. Voss 2014

See also Abel 1919, Barnes et al. 1985, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2018, Heal 1973, Reinhart 1959 and Simpson 1932

Sister taxa: Manatus aequatorialis, Manatus vulgaris, Trichechinae, Rytinina, Halicorina

Subtaxa: Anomotherium Miosiren

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Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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