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Prototherium intermedium

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4968924https://www.gbif.org/species/4968924
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53108https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53108
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Prototherium : Prototherium intermedium
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Prototherium : Prototherium intermedium
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-PansireniaVelez-Juarbe and Wood 2019
-Sirenia
familyDugongidaeGray 1821
subfamilyHalitheriinae
genusPrototherium
speciesPrototherium intermediumBizzotto 1983
Generic NamePrototherium
Scientific NamePrototherium intermedium Bizzotto, 1983
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prototherium intermediumspeciesbelongs to Prototheriumstated without evidenceBizzotto, 1983
Prototherium intermediumspeciesbelongs to Prototheriumstated with evidenceDomning, 1996
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentmarine (based on Sirenia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Dugongidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Sirenia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. Bizzotto. 1983. Prototherium intermedium n. sp. (Sirenia) dell'Eocene Superiore di Possagano e proposta di revisione sistematica del taxon Eotheroides Palmer 1899. Memorie de Scienze Geologiche 26:95-116

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Prototherium solei (Pilleri et al., 1989)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Prototherium : Prototherium solei
Prototherium montserratense (Pilleri et al., 1989)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Prototherium : Prototherium montserratense
Prototherium intermedium solei (Pilleri et al., 1989)GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Prototherium : Prototherium intermedium solei
Prototherium intermedium montserratense (Pilleri et al., 1989)GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Prototherium : Prototherium intermedium montserratense

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1983Prototherium intermedium Bizzotto
1989Prototherium solei Pilleri et al. p. 17 figs. Plates I-XIV
1989Prototherium montserratense Pilleri et al. p. 37 figs. Plates 19-23
1994Prototherium intermedium Domning p. 189
1996Prototherium intermedium Domning p. 388
2005Prototherium intermedium montserratense Bizzotto p. 123
2005Prototherium intermedium solei Bizzotto p. 123

References

Bizzotto B. (1983) Prototherium intermedium n. sp. (Sirenia) dell'Eocene Superiore di Possagano e proposta di revisione sistematica del taxon Eotheroides Palmer 1899, Memorie de Scienze Geologiche 26, 95-116
Pilleri G., Biosca J., et al (1989) , The Tertiary Sirenia of Catalonia, 1-98
Domning D. P. (1996) Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 80, 1-611
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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