Dakhlasiren
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | †Protosirenidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †D. marocensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Dakhlasiren marocensis Zouhri et. al., 2022
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Dakhlasiren is an extinct genus of sirenian that lived off the shore of what is now Morocco during the Late Eocene. It contains a single species, Dakhlasiren marocensis.[1]
References
- ^ Zouhri, Samir; Zalmout, Iyad S.; Gingerich, Philip D. (May 2022). "New protosirenid (Mammalia, Sirenia) in the late Eocene sea cow assemblage of southwestern Morocco". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 189: 104516. Bibcode:2022JAfES.18904516Z. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104516. Retrieved 15 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.