Prototherium
| Prototherium Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Dugongidae |
| Subfamily: | †Halitheriinae |
| Genus: | Prototherium de Zigno, 1887 |
| Species | |
Prototherium is a genus of extinct sirenian related to the dugong. It is known from middle (Bartonian) and upper Eocene deposits in Italy and Spain.[2]
Three species are now included in the genus, but their phylogenetic relations are not resolved and possibly one of them (Prototherium intermedium[3]) must be excluded. In the same way, relations between Prototherium and other genus are confused and need revision.
References
- ↑ Balaguer, Jordi; David M. Alba (12 February 2016). "A new dugong species (Sirenia, Dugongidae) from the Eocene of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)". General Palæontology (Elsevier). doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.10.002. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|coauthors=(help) - ↑ "Prototherium de Zigno 1887". Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ Bizzotto, 1983. Prototherium intermedium n. sp. (Sirenia) dell'Eocene Superiore di Possagno e proposta di revisione sistematica del taxon Eotheroides Palmer 1899. Mem. Sci. Geol., Ist. Geol. Min. Univ. Padova 36: 95-116. 2 tabs. 5 figs. 2 pls.
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