Biology:Prototherium
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| Genus: | Prototherium de Zigno, 1887
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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 . Type species is P. veronenses (Zigno, 1887[1])
Three species are now included in the genus, but their phylogenetic relations are not resolved and possibly one of them Prototherium intermedium Bizzotto 1983[2] must be excluded. In the same way, relations between Prototherium and other genus are confused and need revision. A third species was described in Spain in 2016, P.ausetanum[3].
Related species
- Metaxytherium
- Rytiodus
See also
References
- ↑ (de) Zigno, Achille. "Quelques observations sur les siréniens fossiles.". Bull.Soc. Geol. France 15: 728–732.
- ↑ Bizzotto, Bruno. "Prototherium intermedium n. sp. (Sirenia) dell'EoceneSuperiore di Possagno e proposta di revisione sistematica del taxon Eotheroides Palmer, 1899.". Mem. Ist. Geol. Mineral. Univ. Padova 36: 95–116.
- ↑ Balaguer, J.; Alba, D. (2016). "A new dugong species (Sirenia, Dugongidae) from the Eocene of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)". Comptes Rendus Palevol 15 (5): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.10.002. Bibcode: 2016CRPal..15..489B.
Wikidata ☰ Q3924349 entry
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