Culebratherium is an extinct genus of dugongid sirenian mammal which existed in what is now Panama during the Early Miocene. It takes its name from the upper member of the Culebra Formation of the Panama Canal Zone, in which the holotype fossil was found.[1]
Culebratherium Temporal range: Burdigalian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | Dugongidae |
Subfamily: | Dugonginae |
Genus: | †Culebratherium Vélez Juarbe & Wood 2019 |
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References edit
- ^ Vélez Juarbe & Wood, 2019
Bibliography edit
- Vélez Juarbe, Jorge, and Aaron R. Wood. 2019. An early Miocene dugongine (Sirenia: Dugongidae) from Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1511799. Online edition. Accessed 2019-02-22.