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Prorastomidae
Taxonomy
Prorastomidae was named by Cope (1889). Its type is Prorastomus. It was considered paraphyletic by Domning (1994).
It was reranked as the subfamily Prorastominae by Reinhart (1959).
It was assigned to Trichechiformes by Simpson (1932) and Kretzoi (1941); to Dugongidae by Reinhart (1959); to Prorastomoidea by Heal (1973); to Sirenia by Cope (1890), Carroll (1988), Domning (1994) and Domning (1996); to Sirenia by Berta (2017); and to Sirenia by Cope (1889), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Barnes et al. (1985), Domning and Clark (1993), Savage et al. (1994), Rice (2002), Domning (2008), Rice (2009) and Domning (2018).
It was reranked as the subfamily Prorastominae by Reinhart (1959).
It was assigned to Trichechiformes by Simpson (1932) and Kretzoi (1941); to Dugongidae by Reinhart (1959); to Prorastomoidea by Heal (1973); to Sirenia by Cope (1890), Carroll (1988), Domning (1994) and Domning (1996); to Sirenia by Berta (2017); and to Sirenia by Cope (1889), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Barnes et al. (1985), Domning and Clark (1993), Savage et al. (1994), Rice (2002), Domning (2008), Rice (2009) and Domning (2018).
Subtaxa
Pezosiren, Prorastomus (syn. Prorastoma) (type genus)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Prorastomidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1890 | Prorastomidae Cope p. 698 |
| 1891 | Prorastomatidae Flower and Lydekker p. 224 |
| 1898 | Prorastomidae Trouessart p. 999 |
| 1902 | Prorastomidae Hay p. 582 |
| 1904 | Prorastomidae Trouessart p. 748 |
| 1932 | Prorastomidae Simpson p. 423 |
| 1941 | Prorastomidae Kretzoi p. 385 |
| 1959 | Prorastominae Reinhart p. 5 |
| 1973 | Prorastomidae Heal p. 19 |
| 1985 | Prorastomidae Barnes et al. p. 33 |
| 1988 | Prorastomidae Carroll |
| 1993 | Prorastomidae Domning and Clark p. 414 |
| 1994 | Prorastomidae Domning p. 189 |
| 1994 | Prorastomidae Savage et al. p. 427 |
| 1996 | Prorastomidae Domning p. 378 |
| 2002 | Prorastomidae Rice p. 232 figs. Table 1 |
| 2008 | Prorastomidae Domning |
| 2009 | Prorastomidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2017 | Prorastomidae Berta p. 170 |
| 2018 | Prorastomidae Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1 |
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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.
Fm. †Prorastomidae Cope 1889
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G. †Prorastomus Owen 1855
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†Prorastomus sirenoides Owen 1855
Invalid names: Prorastoma Lydekker 1892 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Prorastomatidae Flower and Lydekker 1891 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available