Eosiren

Eosiren is an extinct genus of sea cow that lived during the late Eocene.

Skull of E. libyca
E. libyca and an extant manatee by Charles R. Knight

Eosiren
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Sirenia
Family:
Dugongidae
Subfamily:
†Halitheriinae
Genus:
Eosiren

Abel, 1913
Species
  • E. abeli
  • E. imenti
  • E. libyca
  • E. stromeri

Eosiren was first described by vertebrage paleontologist Charles William Andrews in 1902, who distinguished it from the genus Halitherium due to differences in the teeth and mandible.[1] Later that year, Science published a summary of his findings in a collection on advances in zoopaleontology.[2]

References
  1. Andrews, C. W. (1902). "II.—Preliminary Note on some Recently Discovered Extinct Vertebrates from Egypt. (Part III.)" (PDF). Geological Magazine. 9 (7): 291. doi:10.1017/S0016756800181178.
  2. Osborn, H. F. (31 October 1902). "Recent Zoopaleontology". Science. 16 (409): 715. Retrieved 27 January 2021.


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