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Eosiren imenti

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Eosiren imenti was named by Domning et al. (1994). Its type specimen is CGM 40210, a skull (skull, mandible and 4 ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry O, southeast of, which is in a Rupelian fluvial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Eosiren imenti Domning et al.

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

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.

†Eosiren imenti Domning et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
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