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.[2]
Three species are now included in the genus, but their phylogenetic relations are not resolved and possibly one of them (Prototherium intermedium[3]) must be excluded. In the same way, relations between Prototherium and other genus are confused and need revision.
References
- ^ Balaguer, Jordi (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 journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Prototherium de Zigno 1887". Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ Bizzotto, 1983. Prototherium intermedium n. sp. (Sirenia) dell'Eocene Superiore di Possagno e proposta di revisione sistematica del taxon Eotheroides Palmer 1899. Mem. Sci. Geol., Ist. Geol. Min. Univ. Padova 36: 95-116. 2 tabs. 5 figs. 2 pls.
