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Sirenidae (siren)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Sirenidae Gray
1875Sirenidae Cope p. 12
1898Sirenidae Gadow p. 14
1946Sirenidae Kuhn p. 53
1964Sirenidae Estes p. 69
1970Sirenidae Estes and Berberian p. 4
1981Sirenidae Estes
1988Sirenidae Carroll
1991Sirenidae Sullivan p. 296
1996Sirenidae Evans et al. p. 79
1996Sirenidae Frank and Ramus
2001Sirenidae Gao and Shubin p. 575
2003Sirenidae Gardner
2012Sirenidae Skutschas and Gubin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySirenidaeGray 1825
familySirenidaeGray 1825

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.

Fm. Sirenidae Gray 1825 [siren]
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G. †Adelphesiren Goin and Auffenberg 1958
G. †Habrosaurus Gilmore 1928
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†Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928
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Invalid names: Adelphesiren olivae Goin and Auffenberg 1958 [synonym]
†Habrosaurus prodilatus Gardner 2003
G. †Kababisha Evans et al. 1996
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†Kababisha humarensis Evans et al. 1996
†Kababisha sudanensis Evans et al. 1996
G. †Noterpeton Rage et al. 1993
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†Noterpeton bolivianum Rage et al. 1993
G. Pseudobranchus Gray 1825 [dwarf siren]
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†Pseudobranchus robustus Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [dwarf siren]
Pseudobranchus striatus Le Conte 1824 [Northern dwarf siren]
†Pseudobranchus vetustus Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [dwarf siren]
G. Siren Linnaeus 1766 [siren]
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†Siren dunni Goin and Auffenberg 1957
†Siren hesterna Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [siren]
Siren lacertina Linnaeus 1766 [greater siren]
†Siren miotexana Holman 1977
†Siren simpsoni Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [Simpson's siren]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Kababisha sp. (115190 115192)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Utah) Habrosaurus sp. (181388)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Utah) Habrosaurus sp. (14413)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Kababisha indet., Kababisha humarensis, Kababisha sudanensis (38682)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Habrosaurus dilatus (14458)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Habrosaurus prodilatus (14463)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Habrosaurus sp. (14475)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Habrosaurus sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Habrosaurus sp. (75836)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Habrosaurus dilatus (14446)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Habrosaurus dilatus (85498 85499)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Habrosaurus dilatus (14534 14535 14639 14654 144502 192247 192248) Habrosaurus dilatus, Habrosaurus prodilatus (144499) Habrosaurus prodilatus (144500 192249) Habrosaurus sp. (14513 14616) Habrosaurus sp., Habrosaurus dilatus (14549)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Adelphesiren olivae (133002) Habrosaurus dilatus (14505 14514 14519 14522 14524 14527 14538 14540 14541 14542 14543 14557 14566 14577 14579 14596 75296)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Habrosaurus dilatus (14537)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Habrosaurus dilatus (14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Habrosaurus dilatus (14610)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Habrosaurus dilatus (45102 45112 45118 45144)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Noterpeton bolivianum (12855)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Habrosaurus sp. (157189 224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Habrosaurus dilatus (14585 180016)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Habrosaurus dilatus (13142)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Habrosaurus sp. (14792)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Habrosaurus dilatus (14798 218649)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Habrosaurus dilatus (14805)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Habrosaurus sp. (14887)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Habrosaurus dilatus (14912) Habrosaurus sp. (14886)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Habrosaurus dilatus (14865)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Habrosaurus dilatus (14874 14906 133003)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Siren dunni (16235)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Sirenidae indet. (17341)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Siren hesterna (18597)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Siren indet. (140202) Siren miotexana (18646 18664)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Siren sp. (18284)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Siren miotexana (18665)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Siren sp. (18554)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Florida) Siren simpsoni, Pseudobranchus vetustus (18541)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Siren sp. (18601)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Siren lacertina (19764) Siren sp. (19753)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siren sp. (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Siren sp. (20400 58089)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Siren lacertina, Pseudobranchus robustus (20491) Siren sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siren lacertina, Pseudobranchus robustus (20573 20593)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siren sp. (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siren lacertina (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Siren intermedia (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siren lacertina (34269 74292 154773 154910 154922 155346 155348) Siren lacertina, Pseudobranchus robustus (155347)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Siren sp., Siren lacertina (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Siren sp. (227371)