APPENDIX 4. Classification and Synonymy of the Sirenia and ...
APPENDIX 4. Classification and Synonymy of the Sirenia and ...
APPENDIX 4. Classification and Synonymy of the Sirenia and ...
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Sireniformes Kinman, 1994, The Kinman System: 38. [Reference not seen.]<br />
Prorastomidae Cope, 1889, Amer. Nat. 23: 876.<br />
Family PRORASTOMIDAE Cope, 1889<br />
Prorastomatidae Flower <strong>and</strong> Lydekker, 1891, Introd. Study Mamms. Living & Extinct: 22<strong>4.</strong><br />
[Unjustified emendation.]<br />
Prorastominae Reinhart, 1959, Univ. Calif. Publ. Geol. Sci. 36(1): 5, July 24, 1959. [Proposed as<br />
subfamily.]<br />
Type Genus. - Prorastomus Owen.<br />
Pezosiren Domning, 2001<br />
Pezosiren Domning, 2001, Nature 413(6856): 625, Oct. 11, 2001. [Type, by monotypy: P.<br />
portelli Domning.]<br />
Pezosiren portelli Domning, 2001<br />
Pezosiren portelli Domning, 2001, Nature 413(6856): 625, Oct. 11, 2001.<br />
Holotype. - USNM 511925, pair <strong>of</strong> partial m<strong>and</strong>ibles.<br />
Type Locality. - Seven Rivers, Parish <strong>of</strong> St. James, western Jamaica.<br />
Formation. - Guys Hill Member, Chapelton Formation, Yellow Limestone Group.<br />
Age. - Early Middle Eocene.<br />
Prorastomus Owen, 1855<br />
Prorastomus Owen, 1855, Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London 11: 543. [Type, by monotypy: P.<br />
sirenoides Owen.]<br />
Prorastoma Lydekker, 1892, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1892(1): 83, June 1892. [Unjustified<br />
emendation <strong>of</strong> Prorastomus Owen.]<br />
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Daryl P. Domning, Bibliography <strong>and</strong> Index <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sirenia</strong> <strong>and</strong> Desmostylia,<br />
http://www.sirenian.org/biblio/<br />
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