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Prorastomus sirenoides

Mammalia - Sirenia - Prorastomidae

Taxonomy
Prorastomus sirenoides was named by Owen (1855). Its type specimen is BMNH 44897, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Freemans Hall, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Chapelton Formation of Jamaica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Prorastomus sirenoides Owen p. 543 figs. Plate 15
1885Prorastomus sirenoides Woodward p. 425
1887Prorastomus sirenoides Lydekker p. 12
1898Prorastomus sirenoides Trouessart p. 999
1904Prorastomus sirenoides Trouessart p. 748
1925Prorastomus sirenoides Zittel p. 264
1959Prorastomus sirenoides Reinhart p. 5
1993Prorastomus sirenoides Domning and Clark p. 414
1994Prorastomus sirenoides Domning p. 189
1994Prorastomus sirenoides Savage et al. p. 428
1996Prorastomus sirenoides Domning p. 378
2008Prorastomus sirenoides Domning p. 527
2014Prorastomus sirenoides Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyProrastomidae
genusProrastomus
speciessirenoides

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-11 17:02:09
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:33
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Domning 1978, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica Prorastomus sirenoides (type locality: 49874 144125)