Libysiren

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Libysiren
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Protosirenidae
Genus: Libysiren
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.