Libysiren

Libysiren
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: †Protosirenidae
Genus: †
Species:
†L. sickenbergi
Binomial name
†Libysiren sickenbergi
Domning et. al., 2017

Libysiren is an extinct genus of protosirenid sirenian that lived during the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Libysiren sickenbergi is known from the Wadi Thamit Formation of Libya.[1]

References

  1. ^ Domning, Daryl P.; Heal, Geoffrey J.; Sorbi, Silvia (28 April 2017). "Libysiren sickenbergi , gen. et sp. nov.: a new sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from the middle Eocene of Libya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (2): e1299158. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1299158. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 24 June 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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