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Eotheroides sandersi

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Eotheroides sandersi was named by Zalmout and Gingerich (2012). Its type specimen is CGM 42181, a partial skeleton (skull and partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is WH-230, which is in a Priabonian marine shale in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Eotheroides sandersi Zalmout and Gingerich p. 61 figs. Figures 40-64

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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
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
genusEotheroides
speciessandersi

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.

Eotheroides sandersi Zalmout and Gingerich 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Domning 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt (Fayum) Eotheroides sandersi (type locality: 140088)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Eotheroides sandersi (140099 140100 140101 140121 140130 140135)