Libysiren Domning et al. 2017 (sirenian)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae

Full reference: D. P. Domning, G. J. Heal, and S. Sorbi. 2017. Libysiren sickenbergi, gen. et sp. nov.: a new sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from the middle Eocene of Libya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2):e1299158

Parent taxon: Protosirenidae according to D. P. Domning et al. 2017

See also Zouhri et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Ashokia, Dakhlasiren, Kilgai, Protosiren

Subtaxa: Libysiren sickenbergi

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Type: Libysiren sickenbergi

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bu el Haderait (Eocene of Libya)

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