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Miosiren kocki

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Taxonomy
Miosiren kocki was named by Dollo (1889) [=1682]. Its type specimen is MHNB HE.M.136.A, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boom (Miocene), which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Miosiren kocki Dollo p. 420
1898Miosiren kockii Trouessart p. 1006
1904Miosiren kocki Abel p. 215
1904Miosiren kocki Trouessart p. 750
1994Miosiren kocki Domning p. 189
1996Miosiren kocki Domning p. 379
2014Miosiren kocki Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyTrichechidae()
subfamilyMiosireninae
genusMiosiren
specieskocki

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.

†Miosiren kocki Dollo 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:58
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Domning 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Belgium (Antwerpen) Miosiren kocki (type locality: 65588)