†Eosiren abeli Sickenberg 1934 (dugong)
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Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: O. Sickenberg. 1934. Beitrage zur Kenntnis Tertiarer Sirenen. Memoires de Musee Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 63:1-352
Belongs to Eosiren according to M. Voss 2014
See also Domning 1994, Domning 1996 and Sickenberg 1934
Sister taxa: Eosiren imenti, Eosiren libyca, Eosiren stromeri
Type specimen: BSP 1903 II 21, a tooth. Its type locality is Gebel Mokattam, lower, which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Gebel Mokattam, lower
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