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Protosiren fraasi

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Protosirenidae

Taxonomy
Protosiren fraasi was named by Abel (1904). Its type specimen is CGM C.10171, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Mokattam, lower, which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt.

It was recombined as Eosiren fraasi by Schlosser (1923); it was recombined as Prototherium fraasi by Fuchs (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Protosiren fraasi Abel p. 214
1907Protosiren fraasi Abel p. 29
1923Eosiren fraasi Schlosser p. 634
1923Protosiren fraasi Schlosser p. 634
1973Prototherium fraasi Fuchs p. 75
1979Protosiren fraasi Domning
1994Protosiren fraasi Domning
1996Protosiren fraasi Domning p. 379
2008Protosiren fraasi Domning
2014Protosiren fraasi Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3

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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()
familyProtosirenidae
genusProtosiren
speciesfraasi

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.

†Protosiren fraasi Abel 1904
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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: 2005-09-11 17:02:09
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:33
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Domning 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany Protosiren fraasi (121968)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Hungary Protosiren fraasi (49887)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Protosiren fraasi (type locality: 58456)