Sirenavus

Sirenavus; Temporal range: Lutetian-Priabonian; ~48.6–34 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Sirenia
Family:	Dugongidae
Genus:	Sirenavus; Kretzoi, 1941
Species
	S. hungaricus Kretzoi, 1941 (type);

Sirenavus was an early sea cow from the Eocene of Hungary (Eger-Kis-Eged, Felsogalla, Felsotarkany and Urom).

Location

Fossils of Sirenavus are known from the Eocene deposits in Hungary.[1][2]

M. Kretzoi. 1941. Sirenavus hungaricus N. G. N. Sp., ein Neuer Prorastomide aus dem Mitteleozan (Lutetium) von Felsogallia in Ungarn. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungaricic Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica 34:146-156.
L. Kordos. 2002. Eocene sea cows (Sirenia, Mammalia) from Hungary. Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 20:43-48

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