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Priscosiren atlantica
Taxonomy
Priscosiren atlantica was named by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014). Its type specimen is USNM 542417, a partial skeleton (adult skull, missing distal part of rostrum; associated postcranium comprising thoracic 11–18, lum- bar 1–3, sacral 1, and caudal 1–4 vertebrae, chevron 2, righ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACM Loc. 8060, Río Guatemala, which is in an Oligocene lagoonal conglomerate in the San Sebastian Formation of Puerto Rico. It is the type species of Priscosiren.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Priscosiren atlantica Velez-Juarbe and Domning p. 951 figs. Figs. 1–9; Tables 1–4 |
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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.
†Priscosiren atlantica Velez-Juarbe and Domning 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, 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) | Priscosiren atlantica (60443) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Puerto Rico | Halitheriinae indet. (type locality: 155752) |