Libysiren
| Libysiren Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | †Protosirenidae |
| Genus: | †Libysiren |
| Species: | †L. sickenbergi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Libysiren sickenbergi Domning et. al., 2017 | |
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.