Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Alternative combinations: Archaeosiren stromeri, Eotherium stromeri
Full reference: O. Abel. 1913. Die eocanen Sirenen der Mittelmeerregion. Erster Tiel: Der Schadel von Eotherium aegyptiacum. Palaeontographica 59:289-360
Belongs to Eosiren according to D. P. Domning 1996
See also Domning 1978, Domning 1994, Gingerich 1992 and Sickenberg 1934
Sister taxa: Eosiren abeli, Eosiren imenti, Eosiren libyca
Type specimen: SMNS unnumbered , a partial skeleton (skull and partial skeleton). Its type locality is Mainland opposite Geziret el-Qarn, which is in a Priabonian lagoonal shale in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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