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Dakhlasiren Temporal range: Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | †Protosirenidae |
Genus: | †Dakhlasiren |
Species: | †D. marocensis |
Binomial name | |
†Dakhlasiren marocensis Zouhri et. al., 2022 |
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.
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. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104516. Retrieved 15 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.