Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: R. H. Reinhart. 1959. A review of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36(1):1-146
Parent taxon: Dugongidae according to M. Voss 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2008, Domning 2018, Heal 1973, Reinhart 1959, Sepkoski 2002 and Voss and Hampe 2017
Sister taxa: Anisosiren, Dugonginae, Eotheroides, Halitheriinae, Halitherium, Halitherium alleni, Halitherium antillense, Halitherium taulannense, Hydrodamalinae, Indosiren, Kaupitherium, Lentiarenium, Miodugong, Nanosiren, Paralitherium, Priscosiren, Prohalicore, Rytiodinae, Sirenavus, Trachytherium
Subtaxa: Caribosiren turneri
Type: Caribosiren turneri
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (1 collection), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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