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Xenosiren yucateca

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Xenosiren yucateca was named by Domning (1989). Its type specimen is IGM 4190, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cenote Kambul, which is in a Hemphillian carbonate limestone in the Carrillo Puerto Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Xenosiren.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Xenosiren yucateca Domning p. 429 figs. Fig. 1-7
1996Xenosiren yucateca Domning p. 189
2008Xenosiren yucateca Domning
2014Xenosiren yucateca 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
subfamilyDugonginae
genusXenosiren
speciesyucateca

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.

†Xenosiren yucateca Domning 1989
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Domning 1979, Carroll 1988

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) Xenosiren yucateca (type locality: 58451)