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Eosiren Temporal range: Late Eocene-Oligocene
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Genus: | Eosiren
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Eosiren is an extinct genus of sea cow that lived during the Late Eocene (later Priabonian) to Early Oligocene ( Rupelian). [1] Several fossils have been found in Egypt. It seems like the species E. abeli were contemporaneous with Protosiren and Eotheroides. [1] like them, Eosiren closely resembled modern sirenians. It differs from them by having somewhat larger innominates and possess thigh bones. [1]
Eosiren was first described by vertebrage paleontologist Charles William Andrews in 1902, who distinguished it from the genus Halitherium due to differences in the teeth and mandible. [2] Later that year, Science published a summary of his findings in a collection on advances in zoopaleontology. [3]
![]() | This article's
factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. (July 2017) |
Eosiren Temporal range: Late Eocene-Oligocene
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Skull of E. libyca . | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
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Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Eosiren
Andrews, 1902
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Species | |
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Eosiren is an extinct genus of sea cow that lived during the Late Eocene (later Priabonian) to Early Oligocene ( Rupelian). [1] Several fossils have been found in Egypt. It seems like the species E. abeli were contemporaneous with Protosiren and Eotheroides. [1] like them, Eosiren closely resembled modern sirenians. It differs from them by having somewhat larger innominates and possess thigh bones. [1]
Eosiren was first described by vertebrage paleontologist Charles William Andrews in 1902, who distinguished it from the genus Halitherium due to differences in the teeth and mandible. [2] Later that year, Science published a summary of his findings in a collection on advances in zoopaleontology. [3]