Pezosiren Domning 2001 (sirenian)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Prorastomidae

Full reference: D. P. Domning. 2001. The earliest known fully quadrupedal sirenian. Nature 413:625-627

Parent taxon: Prorastomidae according to D. P. Domning 2008

See also Berta 2017, Domning 2001 and Domning 2018

Sister taxon: Prorastomus

Subtaxa: Pezosiren portelli

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Type: Pezosiren portelli

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Seven Rivers [Guys Hill Mbr, Chapelton Fm] (Eocene of Jamaica)

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