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| The skeleton of Protosiren | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | †
Protosirenidae Sickenberg, 1934 |
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Protosirenidae is an extinct primitive family of the order Sirenia. [1] [2]
Protosirenids are thought to have been amphibious quadrupeds, meaning that they spent their time both on land and in the water and had four legs. [3]
- ^ D. P. Domning, G. J. Heal, and S. Sorbi. 2017. Libysiren sickenbergi, gen. et sp. nov.: a new sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from the middle Eocene of Libya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2): e1299158
- ^ "Fossilworks: Protosirenidae".
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^ Berta, Annalisa; Sumich, James; Kovacs, Kit (2005).
Sirenian and Other Marine Mammals: Evolution and Systematics (PDF) (2nd ed.). Elsevier Science. pp. 89–110.
ISBN
9780120885527. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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| Protosirenidae Temporal range:
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| The skeleton of Protosiren | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | †
Protosirenidae Sickenberg, 1934 |
| Genera | |
Protosirenidae is an extinct primitive family of the order Sirenia. [1] [2]
Protosirenids are thought to have been amphibious quadrupeds, meaning that they spent their time both on land and in the water and had four legs. [3]
- ^ D. P. Domning, G. J. Heal, and S. Sorbi. 2017. Libysiren sickenbergi, gen. et sp. nov.: a new sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from the middle Eocene of Libya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2): e1299158
- ^ "Fossilworks: Protosirenidae".
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^ Berta, Annalisa; Sumich, James; Kovacs, Kit (2005).
Sirenian and Other Marine Mammals: Evolution and Systematics (PDF) (2nd ed.). Elsevier Science. pp. 89–110.
ISBN
9780120885527. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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