Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Anomotherium

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Trichechidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Manatee

Class
  
Mammalia

Subfamily
  
Miosireninae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Manatee, Eosiren, Prototherium, Rytiodus, Prorastomidae

Anomotherium is an extinct genus of manatee that lived in the shallow seas of what is now northern Germany. Its closest relative is Miosiren.

Ecology

Like extant sirenians, Anomotherium was probably capable of feeding upon seagrasses, brown algae, and mollusks on the shallow seabead.

References

Anomotherium Wikipedia