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Sirenavus

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Sirenavus was named by Kretzoi (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l]. Its type is Sirenavus hungaricus.

It was assigned to Prorastomidae by Kretzoi (1941); to Sirenia by Heal (1973); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); to Dugongidae by Carroll (1988), Domning (1996), Berta (2017); and to Halitheriinae by Domning (2018).

Species
S. hungaricus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Sirenavus Kretzoi p. 146 figs. Fig. 1
1973Sirenavus Heal p. 200
1988Sirenavus Carroll
1996Sirenavus Domning p. 393
2002Sirenavus Sepkoski
2017Sirenavus Berta p. 170
2018Sirenavus Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
genusSirenavus

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.

G. †Sirenavus Kretzoi 1941
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†Sirenavus hungaricus Kretzoi 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available