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Prosiren

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Prosirenidae

Taxonomy
Prosiren was named by Goin and Auffenberg (1958). Its type is Prosiren elinorae.

It was assigned to Sirenidae by Goin and Auffenberg (1958); and to Prosirenidae by Estes (1969), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988).

Species
P. elinorae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Prosiren Goin and Auffenberg
1969Prosiren Estes p. 88
1981Prosiren Estes p. 18
1988Prosiren Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
suborderProsirenoidea
familyProsirenidae
genusProsiren

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. †Prosiren Goin and Auffenberg 1958
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†Prosiren elinorae Goin and Auffenberg 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available