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Anomotherium

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Anomotherium Temporal range:Oligocene ~34–23 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Sirenia
Family:	Trichechidae
Subfamily:	†Miosireninae
Genus:	†Anomotherium Siegfried, 1965
Species
Anomotherium langewieschei Siegfried, 1965 (type)

Anomotherium is an extinct genus ofmanatee that lived in the shallow seas of what is nowNorthern Germany.^[1] Its closest relative isMiosiren.^[2] Fossils of the genus have been found in theBohlen andDoberg Formations of Germany.

Like extant sirenians,Anomotherium was probably capable of feeding upon seagrasses, brown algae, and mollusks on the shallow seabed.^[3]

^"Fossilworks: Anomotherium".
^Voss, M. (2014)."On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences".Zoosystematics and Evolution.90 (1):87–93.doi:10.3897/zse.90.7421.
^Diedrich, C (2008). "The food of the miosirenAnomotherium langenwieschei (Siegfried)—Indirect proof of seaweed or seagrass by xenomorphic oyster fixation structures in the Upper Oligocene (Neogene) of the Doberg, Bünde (NW Germany) and comparisons to modern Dugong dugon (Müller) feeding strategies".Senckenbergiana Maritima.38:59–73.doi:10.1007/BF03043869.S2CID 19048108.

†Miosireninae	Anomotherium Miosiren
Trichechinae	†Potamosiren †Ribodon Trichechus

†Anisosiren †Caribosiren †Halitherium †Indosiren †Lentiarenium †Kaupitherium †Metaxytherium †Paralitherium †Priscosiren †Prohalicore †Stegosiren †Sirenavus
†Hydrodamalinae	Dusisiren Hydrodamalis
Dugonginae	†Bharatisiren †Callistosiren †Crenatosiren †Corystosiren †Culebratherium †Dioplotherium †Domningia Dugong †Italosiren †Kutchisiren †Nanosiren †Norosiren †Rytiodus †Xenosiren

Taxon identifiers
Anomotherium	Wikidata:Q12898741 GBIF:4834647 IRMNG:1379748 Open Tree of Life:4943207 Paleobiology Database:36875 WoRMS:1458180

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