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Libysiren sickenbergi

Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae

Taxonomy
Libysiren sickenbergi was named by Domning et al. (2017) [Libysiren sickenbergi “Heal, 1973”: Zalmout and Gingerich, 2012:7. (Nomen nudum.)]. Its type specimen is NHMUK M45675a–g, a partial skeleton (cranium, mandible, atlas, anterior thoracic vertebra, and three rib fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bu el Haderait, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Wadi Thamit Formation of Libya. It is the type species of Libysiren.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Libysiren sickenbergi Domning et al. pp. e1299158-2 figs. Figs. 1-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyProtosirenidae
genusLibysiren
speciessickenbergi

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†Libysiren sickenbergi Domning et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
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