Priscosiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in the west Atlantic and Puerto Rico during the early Oligocene (Chattian).[1]

Priscosiren
Temporal range: early Oligocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Genus: Priscosiren
Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014
Species
  • P. atlantica Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014 (type)

Description

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Priscosiren was diagnosed from other "halitheriine" dugongids by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014).[1]

Phylogeny

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Priscosiren is recovered by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014) as sister to the Metaxytherium + Hydrodamalinae and Dugonginae clades.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jorge Vélez-Juarbe & Daryl P. Domning (2014) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region: X. Priscosiren atlantica, gen. et sp. nov., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34:4, 951-964, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.815192