Eosiren
Extinct genus of mammals
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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, with the primary differences being somewhat larger innominates and the presence of thigh bones.[1]
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| Subfamily: | †Halitheriinae |
| Genus: | †Eosiren Andrews, 1902 |
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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]
