Potamosiren
Sign in to savePotamosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Middle Miocene (Laventan) Honda Group of Colombia.
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- Parent taxon
- Trichechidae
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- taxon name
- Potamosiren
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 13800000-0
- end time
- 11800000-0
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Potamosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Middle Miocene (Laventan) Honda Group of Colombia.
== Phylogeny == A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovers Potamosiren as a close relative of modern manatees.
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