Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1902. Preliminary note on some recently discovered extinct vertebrates from Egypt. (Part III). Geological Magazine Decade 4(9):291-295
Belongs to Eosiren according to D. P. Domning 1996
See also Abel 1904, Abel 1913, Andrews 1906, Clementz et al. 2006, Domning 1994 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Eosiren abeli, Eosiren imenti, Eosiren stromeri
Type specimen: CGM C. 10054, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Beadnell Section, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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