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Priscosiren
Taxonomy
Priscosiren was named by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014). Its type is Priscosiren atlantica.
It was assigned to Halitheriinae by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014); and to Dugongidae by Voss and Hampe (2017).
It was assigned to Halitheriinae by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014); and to Dugongidae by Voss and Hampe (2017).
Species
P. atlantica (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Priscosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning p. 951 figs. Figures 1-9, Tables 1-4 |
| 2017 | Priscosiren Voss and Hampe p. 341 |
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G. †Priscosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning 2014
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†Priscosiren atlantica Velez-Juarbe and Domning 2014
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Velez-Juarbe and D. P. Domning 2014 | Halitheriine dugongid of medium body size (2–3 m); differing from other members of the subfamily by dis- playing the following unique combination of plesiomorphies: supraorbital processes of the frontal dorsoventrally thin (≤1 cm) with well-developed, prominent posterolateral corner (c. 36[0]), supraoccipitals that are wider in the dorsal half than the ven- tral half (c. 64[0]), exoccipitals that meet dorsal to the foramen magnum (c. 66[0]), and posttympanic process with a prominent anteroventral process for attachment of m. sternomastoideus (c. 73[0]); synapomorphies: nasals separated in midline (c. 31[1]) (shared with Eosiren imenti, Caribosiren, and all later dugongid taxa), ventral extremity of jugal located directly ventral to or- bit (c. 85[2]) (shared with some Metaxytherium spp., hydro- damalines, and most dugongines), ventral border of mandible strongly concave (c. 122[3]) (shared with Halitherium chris- tolii, Metaxytherium spp., and dugongines), absence of acces- sory mental foramina (c. 123[1]) (shared with Halitherium chris- tolii and all later halitheriines), dorsoventrally broad horizontal ramus of mandible (c. 128[1]) (shared with Halitherium chris- tolii, Metaxytherium spp., and dugongines), and loss of all per- manent premolars (c. 145[2]) (shared with Caribosiren and all later dugongid taxa); and a possible autapomorphy: concave anteroventral surface of jugal. Differs further from the similar species Caribosiren turneri in having lesser rostral deflection (of about 44◦); presence of small incisors (c. 139[0], 140[0]); lower temporal crests; and slightly larger body size. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Domning 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | P. atlantica (60443) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Puerto Rico | Halitheriinae indet. (155752) |