Prorastomus sirenoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Sirenia

Familia: †Prorastomidae
Genus: †Prorastomus
Species: †Prorastomus sirenoides

Name

Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855: 543

Type locality: 'in a river-course ... near "Freeman's Hall Estate, between the Parishes of St. Elizabeth and Trelawney, at that central high ground or ridge which forms, as it were, the back-bone of the island"'; Jamaica.

Type: BMNH 44897

References

Primary references

• Owen, R. 1855. On the Fossil Skull of a Mammal (Prorastomus sirenoïdes, Owen) from the Island of Jamaica. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 11: 541–543. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Prorastomus sirenoides – Taxon details on Fossilworks.