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Caribosiren turneri

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Caribosiren turneri was named by Reinhart (1959). Its type specimen is UCMP 38722, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Caribosiren.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Caribosiren turneri Reinhart p. 8
1994Caribosiren turneri Domning p. 189
1996Caribosiren turneri Domning p. 383
2008Caribosiren turneri Domning
2014Caribosiren turneri 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()
familyDugongidae
genusCaribosiren
speciesturneri

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.

†Caribosiren turneri Reinhart 1959
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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: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Puerto Rico) Caribosiren turneri (56995)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Caribosiren turneri (40508)