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Potamosiren

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Trichechidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Sea cows

Class
  
Subfamily
  
Trichechinae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Sea cows, Prorastomidae, Prorastomus, Eosiren, Rytiodus

Potamosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Middle Miocene of Colombia.

Phylogeny

A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovers Potamosiren as a close relative of modern manatees.

References

Potamosiren Wikipedia


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