Caribosiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in what is now Puerto Rico during the late Oligocene (Chattian). Fossils have been recovered from the San Sebastián Limestone.[1]

Caribosiren
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Genus: Caribosiren
Reinhart, 1959
Species
  • C. turneri Reinhart, 1959 (type)

References

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  1. ^ Reinhart, R. H. (1959). "A review of the Sirenia and Desmostylia". Systematic Zoology. 25 (4): 344–351. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.820.5979.344-351&rft.date=1959&rft_id=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.820.5979#id-name=CiteSeerX&rft.aulast=Reinhart&rft.aufirst=R. H.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Caribosiren" class="Z3988">