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Prototherium ausetanum

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Prototherium ausetanum was named by Balaguer and Alba (2016). Its type specimen is IPS81881a, a partial skeleton (Partial skull associated with 45 unprepared fragmentary postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mas Vilageliu, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Vic-Manlleu Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Prototherium ausetanum Balaguer and Alba
2023Prototherium ausetanum Voss et al. p. 137

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyHalitheriinae()
genusPrototherium()
speciesausetanum

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.

Prototherium ausetanum Balaguer and Alba 2016
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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Domning 1978, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Catalonia) Prototherium ausetanum (65271)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Prototherium ausetanum (type locality: 49689)