Prototherium

Prototherium
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Genus: Prototherium
de Zigno, 1887
Species
  • Prototherium ausetanum[1]
  • Prototherium veronense (de Zigno, 1875) (type)

Prototherium is a genus of extinct sirenian related to the dugong. It is known from middle Eocene (Bartonian) deposits in Italy and Spain.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Balaguer, Jordi; David M. Alba (12 February 2016). "A new dugong species (Sirenia, Dugongidae) from the Eocene of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)". General Palæontology (Elsevier). doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.10.002. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  2. ↑ "Prototherium de Zigno 1887". Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

Related species

See also

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