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Xenosiren

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy

Species
X. yucateca (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Xenosiren Domning p. 429
1994Xenosiren Domning p. 189
1996Xenosiren Domning p. 392
1997Xenosiren Domning p. 398
2002Xenosiren Sepkoski
2008Xenosiren Domning
2014Xenosiren Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3
2017Xenosiren Berta p. 170
2018Xenosiren Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusXenosiren

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. †Xenosiren Domning 1989
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Xenosiren yucateca Domning 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Domning 1979

Age range: Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Yucatan) X. yucateca (58451)