Potamosiren
| Potamosiren Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Laventan) ~13.8–11.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Trichechidae |
| Subfamily: | Trichechinae |
| Genus: | †Potamosiren Reinhart 1951 |
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Potamosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Middle Miocene (Laventan) Honda Group of Colombia.[1]
Phylogeny
A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovers Potamosiren as a close relative of modern manatees.[2]
See also
Colombia portal
Paleontology portal
References
- ^ Potamosiren at Fossilworks.org
- ^ M. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93
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Paleontology in Colombia
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fossiliferous
stratigraphic units
| Pleistocene | |
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| Neogene | |
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| Cretaceous | |
| Jurassic | |
| Devonian |
| Pleistocene | |
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| Honda Gp. |
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| Gualanday Gp. | |
| Bogotá Fm. | |
| Cerrejón Fm. | |
| Oliní Gp. | |
| Hondita Fm. | |
| Hiló Fm. | |
| Paja Fm. | |
| Arcabuco Fm. | |
| Valle Alto Fm. | |
| Cuche Fm. |
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| Floresta Fm. |
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