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Potamosiren
Taxonomy
Potamosiren was named by Reinhart (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 746].
It was assigned to Manatidae by Carroll (1988); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); to Trichechidae by Domning (1982), Cozzuol (1996), Berta (2017); and to Trichechinae by Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Voss (2014), Domning (2018), Suarez et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Manatidae by Carroll (1988); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); to Trichechidae by Domning (1982), Cozzuol (1996), Berta (2017); and to Trichechinae by Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Voss (2014), Domning (2018), Suarez et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1951 | Potamosiren Reinhart p. 203 figs. Fig. 1-2 |
| 1982 | Potamosiren Domning p. 601 |
| 1988 | Potamosiren Carroll |
| 1994 | Potamosiren Domning p. 189 |
| 1996 | Potamosiren Cozzuol p. 328 |
| 1996 | Potamosiren Domning p. 380 |
| 2002 | Potamosiren Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Potamosiren Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2017 | Potamosiren Berta p. 171 |
| 2018 | Potamosiren Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 2021 | Potamosiren Suarez et al. |
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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.
G. †Potamosiren Reinhart 1951
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†Potamosiren magdalenensis Savage 1951
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Invalid names: Metaxytherium ortegense Kellogg 1966 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Domning 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Colombia (Cundinamarca) | P. magdalenensis (190374) | |
| Middle Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | P. sp. (146406) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | P. magdalenensis (58455 140051 188021 188239 188240) | |
| Laventan | Colombia | P. magdalenensis (13750) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Tolima) | Metaxytherium ortegense (64781) |