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Caribosiren

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Caribosiren was named by Reinhart (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Caribosiren turneri.

It was assigned to Halianassinae by Reinhart (1959); to Metaxytheriinae by Heal (1973); to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); to Halitheriinae by Domning (1994), Domning (1996) and Domning (2008); to Dugongidae by Carroll (1988), Voss (2014) and Voss and Hampe (2017); and to Halitheriinae by Domning (2018).

Species
C. turneri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Caribosiren Reinhart
1973Caribosiren Heal p. 200
1988Caribosiren Carroll
1994Caribosiren Domning p. 189
1996Caribosiren Domning p. 382
2002Caribosiren Sepkoski
2008Caribosiren Domning
2014Caribosiren Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3
2017Caribosiren Voss and Hampe p. 341
2018Caribosiren Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
genusCaribosiren

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.

G. †Caribosiren Reinhart 1959
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†Caribosiren turneri Reinhart 1959
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. H. Reinhart 1959Cheek teeth reduced to five or six in type; M2/ lophodont without posterior cingulaum or hypoconule; incisors absent; rostrum deflected to similar sharp degree as adult Dugnong; double arch in resorostral fossa; nasals separated in meid-line by frontals; lacrimal with well-developed anterolateral tuberosity; no lacrimal duct; alvelolar border with oval outline; zygomatic process of maxilla strongly developed, extends posteroventrally and medianly to anterior end of squamosal zygoma anteroposterior elongation of upper half of neural spine on midline dorsal vertebrae.