fbpx
Wikipedia

Miosiren

Miosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Early Miocene of southeastern England (Suffolk) and Antwerp, Belgium.[1]

Miosiren
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Miosiren kocki skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Trichechidae
Subfamily: Miosireninae
Genus: Miosiren
Dollo, 1889
Species
  • Miosiren canhami (Flower, 1874)
  • Miosiren kocki Dollo, 1889 (type)
M. canhami fossils

Two species are recognized, M. canhami and M. kocki.

Phylogeny edit

A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovered Miosiren as a close relative of Anomotherium in a separate subfamily within Trichechidae, Miosireninae.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Miosiren".
  2. ^ M. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93


miosiren, extinct, genus, manatee, from, early, miocene, southeastern, england, suffolk, antwerp, belgium, temporal, range, early, miocene, preꞒ, kocki, skeletonscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, mammaliaorder, s. Miosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Early Miocene of southeastern England Suffolk and Antwerp Belgium 1 MiosirenTemporal range Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NMiosiren kocki skeletonScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder SireniaFamily TrichechidaeSubfamily MiosireninaeGenus MiosirenDollo 1889SpeciesMiosiren canhami Flower 1874 Miosiren kocki Dollo 1889 type M canhami fossilsTwo species are recognized M canhami and M kocki Phylogeny editA 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovered Miosiren as a close relative of Anomotherium in a separate subfamily within Trichechidae Miosireninae 2 See also editEvolution of sirenians nbsp Paleontology portalReferences edit Fossilworks Miosiren M Voss 2014 On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup 1838 Mammalia Sirenia with comments on systematic consequences Zoosystematics and Evolution 90 1 87 93 nbsp This article about prehistoric Afrotheria is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miosiren amp oldid 1082142918, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.