Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Alternative spelling: Halitherium (Prototherium)
Synonyms: Mesosiren Abel 1906, Paraliosiren Abel 1906
Full reference: A. de Zigno. 1887. Quelques observations sur les Sireniens fossiles. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 3(15):728-732
Parent taxon: Halitheriinae according to J. Balaguer and D. M. Alba 2016
See also Abel 1919, Berta 2017, Bizzotto 1983, Carroll 1988, de Zigno 1887, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2018, Heal 1973, Kretzoi 1941, Pilleri et al. 1989, Sepkoski 2002, Voss 2014, Voss and Hampe 2017 and Voss et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Eosiren, Metaxytherium, Pachyspondylus, Prototheriidae, Stegosiren
Subtaxa: Prototherium ausetanum Prototherium intermedium Prototherium veronense
Type: Paraliosiren suessi
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Italy (5), Somalia (1), Spain (12)
Total: 19 collections including 25 occurrences
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