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Protosiren

Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Protosiren Abel p. 214
1919Protosiren Abel p. 835
1925Protosiren Zittel p. 265
1941Protosiren Kretzoi p. 154
1959Protosiren Reinhart p. 6
1973Protosiren Heal p. 20
1978Protosiren Domning
1988Protosiren Carroll
1994Protosiren Domning p. 189
1995Protosiren Gingerich et al.
1996Protosiren Domning p. 379
2002Protosiren Sepkoski
2006Protosiren Bajpai et al. p. 400
2006Protosiren Clementz et al. p. 359
2008Protosiren Domning
2014Protosiren Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3
2017Protosiren Berta p. 170
2018Protosiren Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1
2019Protosiren Albright et al. p. 189
2022Protosiren Zouhri 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyProtosirenidae
genusProtosiren

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. †Protosiren Abel 1904
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Protosiren eothene Zalmout et al. 2003
Protosiren fraasi Abel 1904
Protosiren minima Desmarest 1822
Protosiren sattaensis Gingerich et al. 1995
Protosiren smithae Domning and Gingerich 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-11 17:02:09
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:33
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Domning 1978, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.20000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Florida) P. sp. (49883 49884)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Florida) P. sp. (41446)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt P. fraasi (58456) P. smithae (140129) P. sp. (96975)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kutch) P. fraasi (45590)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Balochistan) P. eothene (28981)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Hungary P. fraasi (49887)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany P. fraasi (121968)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0France P. sp., Hippopotamus minimus (49935)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) P. sp. (5387 5459)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan (Punjab) P. sattaensis (28979)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt P. sp. (140096)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) P. sp. (99752)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan P. sattaensis (88341)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Sirenia indet. (49882)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) P. sp. (32908)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt P. smithae (47934 140117 140126)