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Paralitherium

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Paralitherium was named by Kordos (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u]. Its type is Paralitherium tarkanyense.

It was assigned to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dugongidae by Domning (1996) and Berta (2017).

Species
P. tarkanyense (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Paralitherium Kordos p. 350 figs. Plates I-V
1996Paralitherium Domning p. 393
2002Paralitherium Sepkoski
2017Paralitherium Berta p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
genusParalitherium

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. †Paralitherium Kordos 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available