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Trichechidae (manatee)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Manatus aequatorialis Lacépède
1821Trichecidae Gray p. 302
1821Manatidae Gray p. 309
1825Manatidae Gray p. 340
1842Manatidae De Kay p. 122
1846Halicorea Brandt p. 132
1850Manatidae Bonaparte p. 1
1850Manatidae Gray p. 138
1864Manatidae Gray p. 247
1866Manatidae Gray p. 356
1868Manatida Brandt p. 343
1872Trichechidae Gill p. 91
1872Trichechoidea Gill p. 91
1883Manatidae Flower p. 184
1889Manatidae Cope p. 876
1890Manatidae Cope p. 698
1891Manatidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1898Manatidae Trouessart p. 999
1902Trichechidae Hay p. 583
1903Trichechidae Rhoads p. 246
1904Manatidae Case p. 56
1911Manatidae Jaekel p. 245
1912Manatidae Turner p. 155
1912Trichecidae Turner p. 163
1919Manatidae Abel p. 835
1928Manatidae Weber p. 495
1930Trichechidae Hay p. 658
1932Trichechidae Simpson p. 424
1941Trichechidae Kretzoi p. 155
1952Trichechidae Sherman p. 98
1953Trichechidae Pascual p. 167
1956Trichechidae Paula Couto p. 106
1959Trichechidae Reinhart p. 64
1963Trichechidae Scheffer and Rice p. 4
1967Trichechidae Paula Couto p. 346
1973Trichechidae Heal p. 165
1973Trichechoidea Heal p. 165
1977Trichechidae Husar p. 1
1978Trichechidae Domning
1978Trichechidae Husar p. 1
1980Trichechidae Kurten and Anderson p. 341
1985Trichechidae Barnes et al. p. 33
1988Manatidae Carroll
1991Trichechidae Nowak
1991Trichechidae Vidal p. 6
1994Trichechidae Domning p. 189
1996Trichechidae Domning p. 379
1996Manatus vulgaris Domning p. 382
1998Trichechidae Rice
1999Trichechidae Bergqvist et al. p. 31
2002Trichechidae Rice p. 232 figs. Table 1
2008Trichechidae Domning
2009Trichechidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2017Trichechidae Berta p. 171
2018Trichechidae Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyTrichechidae()
familyTrichechidae()

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. Trichechidae Gray 1821 [manatee]
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Subfm. †Miosireninae Abel 1919
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G. †Anomotherium Siegfried 1965
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Anomotherium langewieschei Siegfried 1965
G. †Miosiren Dollo 1889
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Miosiren canhami Flower 1874
Miosiren kocki Dollo 1889
Fm. Trichechinae Gray 1825
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G. †Potamosiren Reinhart 1951
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Invalid names: Metaxytherium ortegense Kellogg 1966 [synonym]
G. †Ribodon Ameghino 1883
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Ribodon limbatus Ameghino 1883
G. Trichechus Linnaeus 1758 [manatee]
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Trichechus hesperamazonicus Perini et al. 2020
Trichechus inunguis Natterer 1883 [Amazonian manatee]
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Manatus americanus De Kay 1842 [synonym], Manatus australis Retzius 1794 [synonym], Manatus koellikeri Trouessart 1904 [synonym]
Trichechus senegalensis Link 1795 [West African manatee]
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Invalid names: Manatus senegalensis Desmarest 1817 [synonym]
Invalid names: Halipaedisca Gistel 1848 [synonym], Manatus Brunnich 1772 [synonym], Neodermus Rafinesque 1815 [synonym], Oxystomus Fischer von Waldheim 1803 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trichechina Bonaparte 1850 [empty]
Invalid names: Halicorea Brandt 1846 [synonym], Halicoreae Brandt 1833 [objective synonym], Manatida Brandt 1868 [objective synonym], Manatidae Gray 1821 [objective synonym], Manatoidea Gill 1872 [objective synonym], Manatus aequatorialis Lacépède 1799 [invalid subgroup], Manatus vulgaris Domning 1996 [invalid subgroup], Trichechoidea Gill 1872 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:58
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Domning 1978

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 22 to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Brazil (Amazonas) Trichechus sp. (217666)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany Anomotherium langewieschei (46097)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Anomotherium langewieschei (98853)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany Anomotherium langewieschei (98852)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Anomotherium langewieschei (37598)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333United Kingdom (England) Halitherium canhami (153047)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru Trichechinae indet. (176149)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Belgium (Antwerpen) Miosiren kocki (65588)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (Cundinamarca) Potamosiren magdalenensis (190374)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) Potamosiren sp. (146406)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia Potamosiren magdalenensis (13750)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia (Tolima) Metaxytherium ortegense (64781)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia (Huila) Potamosiren magdalenensis (58455 140051 188021 188239 188240)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Ribodon limbatus (55602)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Ribodon limbatus (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Ribodon sp. (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Ribodon indet. (146429 146431 146447)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) Ribodon sp. (134808)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil Trichechus sp. (57989)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Trichechus sp. (65405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Trichechus sp. (65469)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil Trichechus sp. (65139)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Trichechus manatus (225289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trichechus sp. (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trichechus manatus (20636 20653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trichechus manatus (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Brazil (Rondonia) Trichechus sp. (197104)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Trichechus sp. (168590)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (North Carolina) Trichechus manatus (65172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Liberia Trichechus inunguis (168589)