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Eosiren abeli

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Eosiren abeli was named by Sickenberg (1934) [destroyed in World War II]. Its type specimen is BSP 1903 II 21, a tooth, 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.

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2005-03-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Eosiren abeli Sickenberg p. 34
1994Eosiren abeli Domning p. 189
1996Eosiren abeli Domning p. 383
2014Eosiren abeli 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()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyHalitheriinae()
genusEosiren
speciesabeli

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.

Eosiren abeli Sickenberg 1934
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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Domning 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Eosiren abeli (type locality: 58456)