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Prorastomus
Taxonomy
Prorastomus was named by Owen (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u]. It is the type genus of Prorastomidae. It was considered paraphyletic by Domning (1994).
It was replaced with Prorastoma by Lydekker (1892).
It was assigned to Sirenia by Gill (1872) and Woodward (1885); to Halitheriidae by Lydekker (1887); to Manatidae by Abel (1919); to Sirenia by Zittel (1925); to Prorastominae by Reinhart (1959); to Sirenia by Owen (1855) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Prorastomidae by Cope (1890), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Palmer (1904), Simpson (1932), Kretzoi (1941), Carroll (1988), Domning and Clark (1993), Savage et al. (1994), Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Domning (2008), Voss (2014), Berta (2017) and Domning (2018).
It was replaced with Prorastoma by Lydekker (1892).
It was assigned to Sirenia by Gill (1872) and Woodward (1885); to Halitheriidae by Lydekker (1887); to Manatidae by Abel (1919); to Sirenia by Zittel (1925); to Prorastominae by Reinhart (1959); to Sirenia by Owen (1855) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Prorastomidae by Cope (1890), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Palmer (1904), Simpson (1932), Kretzoi (1941), Carroll (1988), Domning and Clark (1993), Savage et al. (1994), Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Domning (2008), Voss (2014), Berta (2017) and Domning (2018).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1855 | Prorastomus Owen p. 541 figs. Plate 15 |
| 1872 | Prorastomus Gill p. 92 |
| 1885 | Prorastomus Woodward p. 425 |
| 1887 | Prorastomus Lydekker p. 12 |
| 1890 | Prorastomus Cope p. 698 |
| 1892 | Prorastoma Lydekker p. 83 |
| 1898 | Prorastomus Trouessart p. 999 |
| 1902 | Prorastomus Hay p. 582 |
| 1904 | Prorastomus Palmer p. 575 |
| 1904 | Prorastomus Trouessart p. 748 |
| 1919 | Prorastomus Abel p. 835 |
| 1925 | Prorastomus Zittel p. 264 |
| 1932 | Prorastomus Simpson p. 423 |
| 1941 | Prorastomus Kretzoi p. 385 |
| 1959 | Prorastomus Reinhart p. 5 |
| 1988 | Prorastomus Carroll |
| 1993 | Prorastomus Domning and Clark p. 414 |
| 1994 | Prorastomus Domning p. 189 |
| 1994 | Prorastomus Savage et al. p. 427 |
| 1996 | Prorastomus Domning p. 378 |
| 2002 | Prorastomus Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Prorastomus Domning |
| 2014 | Prorastomus Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2017 | Prorastomus Berta p. 170 |
| 2018 | Prorastomus Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Prorastomus Owen 1855
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†Prorastomus sirenoides Owen 1855
Invalid names: Prorastoma Lydekker 1892 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Domning 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||