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Italosiren

Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Italosiren is an extinct genus of early dugong from the Early Miocene (Aquitanian) Libano Formation in Northern Italy.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Placentalia
Order:Sirenia
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Italosiren
Temporal range: Aquitanian
~23–20 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Subfamily: Dugonginae
Genus: †Italosiren
Voss, Sorbi, and Domning, 2017
Species
  • I. bellunensis (de Zigno, 1875) (type)
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Classification

It was originally classified as a species of Halitherium, H. bellunense, but was eventually recognized as closer to the dugong than to Halitherium schinzii, necessitating erection of the new generic name Italosiren.[1][2][3][4]

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