# Dakhlasiren

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = Late Eocene
| genus = Dakhlasiren
| species = marocensis
| authority = Zouhri et. al., 2022
}}

'''''Dakhlasiren''''' is an [extinct](/source/Extinction) [genus](/source/genus) of [sirenia](/source/sirenia)n that lived off the shore of what is now [Morocco](/source/Morocco) during the [Late Eocene](/source/Late_Eocene). It contains a single [species](/source/species), '''''Dakhlasiren marocensis'''''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zouhri |first1=Samir |last2=Zalmout |first2=Iyad S. |last3=Gingerich |first3=Philip D. |date=May 2022 |title=New protosirenid (Mammalia, Sirenia) in the late Eocene sea cow assemblage of southwestern Morocco |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1464343X22000681 |journal=[Journal of African Earth Sciences](/source/Journal_of_African_Earth_Sciences) |language=en |volume=189 |article-number=104516 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104516 |bibcode=2022JAfES.18904516Z |access-date=15 December 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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Category:Fossil taxa described in 2022
Category:Sirenia
Category:Prehistoric placental genera

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