Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae

Alternative combinations: Eosiren fraasi, Prototherium fraasi

Full reference: O. Abel. 1904. Die Sirenen der mediterranen Tertiärbildungen Oesterreichs. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich - koniglichen geologischen Reichsanstalt. Wien 19(2):1-223

Belongs to Protosiren according to D. P. Domning 2008

Sister taxa: Protosiren eothene, Protosiren minima, Protosiren sattaensis, Protosiren smithae

Type specimen: CGM C.10171, a skull. Its type locality is Gebel Mokattam, lower, which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore