Family Trichechidae Phylum Chordata Order Sea cows | 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(Text) CC BY-SA