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Dakhlasiren

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Dakhlasiren
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.