†family Prorastomidae Cope 1889 (sirenian)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Prorastomidae

Alternative spelling: Prorastominae

Synonym: Prorastomatidae Flower and Lydekker 1891 [objective synonym]

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1889. Synopsis of the families of Vertebrata. The American Naturalist 23:1-29

Parent taxon: Sirenia according to D. P. Domning 2008

See also Barnes et al. 1985, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Cope 1890, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2018, Domning and Clark 1993, Hay 1902, Heal 1973, Kretzoi 1941, Reinhart 1959, Rice 2002, Rice 2009, Savage et al. 1994, Simpson 1932, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Crassitherium, Dugongidae, Dugongoidea, Manatherium, Manatus inornatus, Prorastomoidea, Protosirenidae, Pugmeodon, Rhytinidae, Sirenotherium, Sirenotherium pirabense, Sobrarbesiren, Trichechidae

Subtaxa: Pezosiren Prorastomus

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Type: Prorastomus

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Jamaica (3 collections), Senegal (1), United States (2: Florida)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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