Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Owen, R. (1855). On the fossil skull of a mammal (Prorastomus sirenoides, Owen), from the island of Jamaica. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 11:541-543.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Sirenia
- family
- Prorastomidae
- genus
- Prorastomus
- species
- Prorastomus sirenoides
Name
- Homonyms
- Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855
Bibliographic References
- Owen, R. (1855). On the fossil skull of a mammal (Prorastomus sirenoides, Owen), from the island of Jamaica. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 11:541-543.
- Savage, R. J. G.; Domning, D. P.; Thewissen, J. G. M. (1994). Fossil sirenia of the west Atlantic and Caribbean region. V. The most primitive known sirenian,Prorastomus sirenoidesOwen, 1855. <em>Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.</em> 14(3): 427-449. 10.1080/02724634.1994.10011569