| Libysiren Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | †Protosirenidae |
| Genus: | †Libysiren |
| Species: | †L. sickenbergi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Libysiren sickenbergi Domning et. al., 2017
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Libysiren is an extinct genus of protosirenid sirenian that lived during the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
Libysiren sickenbergi is known from the Wadi Thamit Formation of Libya.1
References
References
- Domning, Daryl P.; Heal, Geoffrey J.; Sorbi, Silvia (28 April 2017). "Libysiren sickenbergi , gen. et sp. nov.: a new sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from the middle Eocene of Libya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (2) e1299158. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1299158. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 24 June 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.