Libysiren
Appearance
Libysiren Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | †Protosirenidae |
Genus: | †Libysiren |
Species: | †L. sickenbergi
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Binomial name | |
†Libysiren sickenbergi Domning et. al., 2017
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Libysiren is an extinct genus of protosirenid sirenian that lived during the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Libysiren sickenbergi is known from the Wadi Thamit Formation of Libya.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.