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Corystosiren varguezi

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Corystosiren varguezi was named by Domning (1990). Its type specimen is IGM 4569, a skull (skull and partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cenote Rancho Chapas, which is in a Zanclean carbonate limestone in the Carrillo Puerto Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Corystosiren varguezi Domning p. 361
1996Corystosiren varguezi Domning
2008Corystosiren varguezi Domning
2014Corystosiren varguezi 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()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusCorystosiren
speciesvarguezi

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.

†Corystosiren varguezi Domning 1990
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Hemphillian or 5.33300 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Corystosiren varguezi (18532 18573)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Corystosiren varguezi (58450)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Yucatan) Corystosiren varguezi (type locality: 58449)