Anisosiren Kordos 1979 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: L. Kordos. 1979. Major finds of scattered fossils in the palaeovertebrate collection of the Hungarian Geological Institute. Relationes Annuae Instituti Geologici Publici Hungarici 1977:313-326

Parent taxon: Dugongidae according to D. P. Domning 1996

See also Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Kordos 1979 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Caribosiren, Dugonginae, Eotheroides, Halitheriinae, Halitherium, Halitherium alleni, Halitherium antillense, Halitherium taulannense, Hydrodamalinae, Indosiren, Kaupitherium, Lentiarenium, Miodugong, Nanosiren, Paralitherium, Priscosiren, Prohalicore, Rytiodinae, Sirenavus, Trachytherium

Subtaxa: Anisosiren pannonica

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Type: Anisosiren pannonica

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Oroszlany (Eocene of Hungary)

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