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Caribosiren
Taxonomy
Caribosiren was named by Reinhart (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Caribosiren turneri.
It was assigned to Halianassinae by Reinhart (1959); to Metaxytheriinae by Heal (1973); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); to Halitheriinae by Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Domning (2008); to Dugongidae by Carroll (1988), Voss (2014), Voss and Hampe (2017); and to Halitheriinae by Domning (2018).
It was assigned to Halianassinae by Reinhart (1959); to Metaxytheriinae by Heal (1973); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); to Halitheriinae by Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Domning (2008); to Dugongidae by Carroll (1988), Voss (2014), Voss and Hampe (2017); and to Halitheriinae by Domning (2018).
Species
C. turneri (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Caribosiren Reinhart |
| 1973 | Caribosiren Heal p. 200 |
| 1988 | Caribosiren Carroll |
| 1994 | Caribosiren Domning p. 189 |
| 1996 | Caribosiren Domning p. 382 |
| 2002 | Caribosiren Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Caribosiren Domning |
| 2014 | Caribosiren Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2017 | Caribosiren Voss and Hampe p. 341 |
| 2018 | Caribosiren Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. H. Reinhart 1959 | Cheek teeth reduced to five or six in type; M2/ lophodont without posterior cingulaum or hypoconule; incisors absent; rostrum deflected to similar sharp degree as adult Dugnong; double arch in resorostral fossa; nasals separated in meid-line by frontals; lacrimal with well-developed anterolateral tuberosity; no lacrimal duct; alvelolar border with oval outline; zygomatic process of maxilla strongly developed, extends posteroventrally and medianly to anterior end of squamosal zygoma anteroposterior elongation of upper half of neural spine on midline dorsal vertebrae. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Domning 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Puerto Rico | C. turneri (40508) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Puerto Rico) | C. turneri (56995) |