Prorastomidae

Prorastomidae is a family of extinct sirenians from Jamaica, related to the extant manatees and dugong.[1][2][3] The family includes two genera:

Pezosiren portelli cast skeleton produced and distributed by Triebold Paleontology Incorporated

Prorastomidae
Temporal range: Eocene
Prorastomus sirenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Sirenia
Family:
†Prorastomidae
Genera

†Pezosiren
†Prorastomus

See also

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Prorastomidae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  2. Marsh, Helene; O'Shea, Thomas J.; Reynolds, John Elliott; III, John E. Reynolds (December 2011). Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia: Dugongs and Manatees. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521888288.
  3. "Family †Prorastomidae - Hierarchy - The Taxonomicon". taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl. Retrieved 2019-06-27.


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