Corystosiren
Sign in to saveCorystosiren is an extinct genus of dugongid sirenian mammal which existed in the waters of the Caribbean Basin during the Early Pliocene. Fossils have been found in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, and Florida.
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Vinony's link graph records 48 inbound references to Corystosiren, and connects out to Trichechidae, Dugongidae and Mexico.
Vinony files it under Dugongidae, Fossil taxa described in 1990 and Pliocene sirenians.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Dugongidae
- Image
- Corystosiren varguezi, Nanosiren garciae.jpg
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- Corystosiren
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- Palaeobiology
- Palaeoecology
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Corystosiren is an extinct genus of dugongid sirenian mammal which existed in the waters of the Caribbean Basin during the Early Pliocene. Fossils have been found in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, and Florida.
== Palaeobiology ==
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