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Prorastomidae ✝

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Prorastomidae is a family of extinct sirenians from Jamaica, related to the extant manatees and dugong. The family includes two genera:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prorastomidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3239675	https://www.gbif.org/species/3239675
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	43285	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43285

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Prorastomidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Prorastomidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pansirenia	Velez-Juarbe and Wood 2019
-	Sirenia
family	Prorastomidae	Cope 1889

Scientific Name

Prorastomidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated without evidence	Cope, 1889
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Trichechiformes	stated without evidence	Simpson, 1932
Prorastomidae	subfamily	belongs to Dugongidae	stated without evidence	Reinhart, 1959
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Prorastomoidea	stated without evidence	Heal, 1973
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated without evidence	Barnes et al., 1985
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	implied	Carroll, 1988
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated without evidence	Domning and Clark, 1993
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated with evidence	Savage et al., 1994
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated without evidence	Domning, 1994
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated with evidence	Domning, 1996
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated without evidence	Rice, 2002
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated with evidence	Domning, 2008
Prorastomidae	family	belongs to Sirenia	stated without evidence	Rice, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

marine (based on Sirenia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Sirenia)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Sirenia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. D. Cope. 1889. Synopsis of the families of Vertebrata. The American Naturalist 23:1-29

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prorastomidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Florentinoameghinia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	55.8 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Lophiodolodus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Pezosiren ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Prorastomus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Prorastomatidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Prorastomatidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1889	Prorastomidae Cope p. 876
1890	Prorastomidae Cope p. 698
1891	Prorastomatidae Flower and Lydekker p. 224
1898	Prorastomidae Trouessart p. 999
1902	Prorastomidae Hay p. 582
1904	Prorastomidae Trouessart p. 748
1932	Prorastomidae Simpson p. 423
1941	Prorastomidae Kretzoi p. 385
1959	Prorastominae Reinhart p. 5
1973	Prorastomidae Heal p. 19
1985	Prorastomidae Barnes et al. p. 33

Year	Name and Author
1988	Prorastomidae Carroll
1993	Prorastomidae Domning and Clark p. 414
1994	Prorastomidae Domning p. 189
1994	Prorastomidae Savage et al. p. 427
1996	Prorastomidae Domning p. 378
2002	Prorastomidae Rice p. 232 figs. Table 1
2008	Prorastomidae Domning
2009	Prorastomidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2017	Prorastomidae Berta p. 170
2018	Prorastomidae Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1

References

Cope E. D. Synopsis of the families of Vertebrata, The American Naturalist 23, 1-29

Trouessart E. L. , Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilum 5, 665-1264

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Trouessart E. L. (1904) , Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition, 1-929

Simpson G. G. (1932) Fossil Sirenia of Florida and the evolution of the Sirenia, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59 8, 419-503

Kretzoi M. (1941) Sirenavus hungaricus N. G. N. Sp., ein Neuer Prorastomide aus dem Mitteleozan (Lutetium) von Felsogallia in Ungarn, Annales Musei Nationalis Hungaricic Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica 34, 146-156

Reinhart R. H. (1959) A review of the Sirenia and Desmostylia, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36 1, 1-146

Heal G. J. (1973) Contributions to the Study of Sirenian Evolution, 1-245

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Domning D. P., Clark J. M. (1993) Jamaican Tertiary marine Vertebratra, Geological Society of America Memoir 182, 413-415

Savage R. J. G., Domning D. P., et al (1994) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. V. The most primitive known sirenian, Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14 3, 427-449

Domning D. P. (1996) Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 80, 1-611

Domning D. P. (2008) Sirenia, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 629-638

Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Systema Naturae 2000 (2006 version) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Domning, 2010 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included genera - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. (80): 1-611. - via World Register of Marine Species

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