Sirenavus Kretzoi 1941 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: M. Kretzoi. 1941. Sirenavus hungaricus N. G. N. Sp., ein Neuer Prorastomide aus dem Mitteleozan (Lutetium) von Felsogallia in Ungarn. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungaricic Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica 34:146-156

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

See also Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Domning 2018, Heal 1973, Kretzoi 1941 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Sirenavus hungaricus

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Type: Sirenavus hungaricus

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Hungary (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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