Protosiren
Protosiren (taxonomic family Protosirenidae) is an extinct early genus of the order Sirenia. Protosiren existed throughout the Lutetian and Bartonian stages of the Middle Eocene. Its geographic distribution was intercontinental: fossils have been found in the United States (North Carolina), Egypt, France, Hungary, India, and Pakistan. Like the extant sirenians (manatee and dugong), Protosiren is thought to have fed on sea grasses as well as freshwater plants. Unlike extant sirenians, Protosiren had hind limbs. Although the limbs were well-developed, they were small and the sacroiliac joint was weak. Consequently, Protosiren is thought to have been mainly aquatic.It rarely ventured on land.
Protosiren
Protosiren (taxonomic family Protosirenidae) is an extinct early genus of the order Sirenia. Protosiren existed throughout the Lutetian and Bartonian stages of the Middle Eocene. Its geographic distribution was intercontinental: fossils have been found in the United States (North Carolina), Egypt, France, Hungary, India, and Pakistan. Like the extant sirenians (manatee and dugong), Protosiren is thought to have fed on sea grasses as well as freshwater plants. Unlike extant sirenians, Protosiren had hind limbs. Although the limbs were well-developed, they were small and the sacroiliac joint was weak. Consequently, Protosiren is thought to have been mainly aquatic.It rarely ventured on land.
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Protosiren (taxonomic family P ...... ic.It rarely ventured on land.
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Protosiren is een uitgestorven ...... die volledig aquatisch waren.
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Protosiren è un estinto antena ...... iù primitiva della precedente.
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Protosiren − wymarły wczesny p ...... nie wyewoluowały diugoniowate.
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†Protosirenidae
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(Abel, 1904)
*P. minima
(Domning and Gingerich, 1994)
(Gingerich et al., 1995)
*p. smithae
(Zalmout et al., 2003)
*P. fraasi
*P. sattaensis
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Protosiren (taxonomic family P ...... ic.It rarely ventured on land.
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Protosiren is een uitgestorven ...... t zeegras en zoetwaterplanten.
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Protosiren è un estinto antena ...... he da articolazioni sinoviali.
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Protosiren − wymarły wczesny p ...... nie wyewoluowały diugoniowate.
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