Mammalia - Sirenia - Prorastomidae
Synonym: Prorastoma Lydekker 1892 [objective synonym]
Full reference: R. Owen. 1855. On the fossil skull of a mammal (Prorastomus sirenoides, Owen), from the Island of Jamaica. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 11:541-543
Parent taxon: Prorastomidae according to M. Voss 2014
See also Abel 1919, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Cope 1890, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2008, Domning 2018, Domning and Clark 1993, Gill 1872, Hay 1902, Kretzoi 1941, Lydekker 1887, Lydekker 1892, Owen 1855, Palmer 1904, Reinhart 1959, Savage et al. 1994, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1932, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Woodward 1885 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxon: Pezosiren
Subtaxa: Prorastomus sirenoides
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Jamaica (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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