Callistosiren

Extinct genus of mammal

Callistosiren
Temporal range: late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Subfamily: Dugonginae
Genus: Callistosiren
Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2015
Species
  • C. boriquensis Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2015 (type)

Callistosiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in what is now Puerto Rico during the late Oligocene (Chattian).[1]

References

  1. ^ J. Velez-Juarbe and D. P. Domning. 2015. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XI. Callistosiren boriquensis, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e885034
  • v
  • t
  • e
Sirenian genera
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Superorder: Afrotheria
  • Clade: Paenungulata
Sirenia
Prorastomidae
Protosirenidae
Trichechidae
Miosireninae
Trichechinae
Dugongidae
Hydrodamalinae
Dugonginae
Dusisiren jordani
Taxon identifiers
Callistosiren


Stub icon

This article about prehistoric Afrotheria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e