Eosiren abeli Sickenberg 1934 (dugong)

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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