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Protosiren fraasi
Taxonomy
Protosiren fraasi was named by Abel (1904). Its type specimen is CGM C.10171, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Mokattam, lower, which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt.
It was recombined as Eosiren fraasi by Schlosser (1923); it was recombined as Prototherium fraasi by Fuchs (1973).
It was recombined as Eosiren fraasi by Schlosser (1923); it was recombined as Prototherium fraasi by Fuchs (1973).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Protosiren fraasi Abel p. 214 |
| 1907 | Protosiren fraasi Abel p. 29 |
| 1923 | Eosiren fraasi Schlosser p. 634 |
| 1923 | Protosiren fraasi Schlosser p. 634 |
| 1973 | Prototherium fraasi Fuchs p. 75 |
| 1978 | Protosiren fraasi Domning |
| 1994 | Protosiren fraasi Domning |
| 1996 | Protosiren fraasi Domning p. 379 |
| 2008 | Protosiren fraasi Domning |
| 2014 | Protosiren fraasi Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
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†Protosiren fraasi Abel 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available