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Protosiren
Taxonomy
Protosiren was named by Abel (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Eo-m-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1009].
It was assigned to Miosireninae by Abel (1919); to Sirenia by Zittel (1925); to Halitheriidae by Kretzoi (1941); to Protosireninae by Reinhart (1959); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protosirenidae by Heal (1973), Domning (1979), Carroll (1988), Domning (1994), Gingerich et al. (1995), Domning (1996), Bajpai et al. (2006), Clementz et al. (2006), Domning (2008), Voss (2014), Berta (2017), Domning (2018), Albright et al. (2019), Zouhri et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Miosireninae by Abel (1919); to Sirenia by Zittel (1925); to Halitheriidae by Kretzoi (1941); to Protosireninae by Reinhart (1959); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protosirenidae by Heal (1973), Domning (1979), Carroll (1988), Domning (1994), Gingerich et al. (1995), Domning (1996), Bajpai et al. (2006), Clementz et al. (2006), Domning (2008), Voss (2014), Berta (2017), Domning (2018), Albright et al. (2019), Zouhri et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Protosiren Abel p. 214 |
| 1919 | Protosiren Abel p. 835 |
| 1925 | Protosiren Zittel p. 265 |
| 1941 | Protosiren Kretzoi p. 154 |
| 1959 | Protosiren Reinhart p. 6 |
| 1973 | Protosiren Heal p. 20 |
| 1979 | Protosiren Domning |
| 1988 | Protosiren Carroll |
| 1994 | Protosiren Domning p. 189 |
| 1995 | Protosiren Gingerich et al. |
| 1996 | Protosiren Domning p. 379 |
| 2002 | Protosiren Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Protosiren Bajpai et al. p. 400 |
| 2006 | Protosiren Clementz et al. p. 359 |
| 2008 | Protosiren Domning |
| 2014 | Protosiren Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2017 | Protosiren Berta p. 170 |
| 2018 | Protosiren Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 2019 | Protosiren Albright et al. p. 189 |
| 2022 | Protosiren Zouhri 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. †Protosiren Abel 1904
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†Protosiren eothene Zalmout et al. 2003
†Protosiren fraasi Abel 1904
†Protosiren minima Desmarest 1822
†Protosiren sattaensis Gingerich et al. 1995
†Protosiren smithae Domning and Gingerich 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Domning 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Germany | P. fraasi (121968) | |
| Lutetian | Hungary | P. fraasi (49887) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan (Balochistan) | P. eothene (28981) | |
| Lutetian | Egypt | P. fraasi (58456) P. smithae (140129) P. sp. (96975) | |
| Lutetian | India (Kutch) | P. fraasi (45590) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (41446) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | France | P. sp., Hippopotamus minimus (49935) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (49883 49884) | |
| Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | P. sp. (99752) | |
| Bartonian | USA (North Carolina) | P. sp. (5387 5459) | |
| Bartonian | Pakistan (Punjab) | P. sattaensis (28979) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Florida) | Sirenia indet. (49882) | |
| Bartonian | Egypt | P. sp. (140096) | |
| Bartonian | Pakistan | P. sattaensis (88341) | |
| Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | P. sp. (32908) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | P. smithae (47934 140117 140126) |