Italosiren

Italosiren is an extinct genus of early dugong from the Early Miocene (Aquitanian) Libano Formation in northern Italy.

Italosiren
Temporal range: Aquitanian
~23–20 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Sirenia
Family:
Dugongidae
Subfamily:
Dugonginae
Genus:
Italosiren

Voss, Sorbi, and Domning, 2017
Species
  • I. bellunensis (de Zigno, 1875) (type)

Classification

It was originally classified as a species of Halitherium, H. bellunense, but was eventually recognized as closer to the dugong than to Halitherium schinzii, necessitating erection of the new generic name Italosiren.[1][2][3][4]

See also

References
  1. De Zigno, A. 1875. Sirenii fossil itrovati nel Veneto. Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettre ed Arti 18: 427–456.
  2. Domning, D. P. (1989). "Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. II. Dioplotherium manigaulti Cope, 1883". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 9 (4): 415–428. doi:10.1080/02724634.1989.10011774.
  3. Domning, D. P. (1996). "Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 80 (80): 1–611. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.80.1.
  4. Voss, M.; Sorbi, S.; Domning, D. (2017). "Morphological and systematic re-assessment of the late Oligocene "Halitherium" bellunense reveals a new crown group genus of Sirenia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 62 (1): 163–172. doi:10.4202/app.00287.2016.


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