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Xenosiren
Taxonomy
Xenosiren was named by Domning (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-l]. Its type is Xenosiren yucateca.
It was assigned to Rytiodontinae by Domning (1989); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dugonginae by Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Domning (1997), Domning (2008), Voss (2014), Berta (2017), Domning (2018).
It was assigned to Rytiodontinae by Domning (1989); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dugonginae by Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Domning (1997), Domning (2008), Voss (2014), Berta (2017), Domning (2018).
Species
X. yucateca (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Xenosiren Domning p. 429 figs. Fig. 1-7 |
| 1994 | Xenosiren Domning p. 189 |
| 1996 | Xenosiren Domning p. 392 |
| 1997 | Xenosiren Domning p. 398 |
| 2002 | Xenosiren Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Xenosiren Domning |
| 2014 | Xenosiren Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2017 | Xenosiren Berta p. 170 |
| 2018 | Xenosiren Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Domning 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemphillian | Mexico (Yucatan) | X. yucateca (58451) |