Miosiren
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Trichechidae |
| Subfamily: | †Miosireninae |
| Genus: | †Miosiren Dollo, 1889 |
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Miosiren is an extinct genus of manatee from the Early Miocene of southeastern England (Suffolk) and Antwerp, Belgium.[1]
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Two species are recognized, M. canhami and M. kocki.
Phylogeny
[edit | edit source]A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovered Miosiren as a close relative of Anomotherium in a separate subfamily within Trichechidae, Miosireninae.[2]
See also
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