Mammalia - Sirenia

Alternative spelling: Prorastominae

Synonym: Prorastomatidae Flower and Lydekker 1891 [objective synonym]

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1889. Synopsis of the families of Vertebrata. The American Naturalist 23:1-29

Parent taxon: Sirenia according to D. P. Domning 2008

Sister taxa: Dugongidae, Dugongoidea, Prorastomoidea, Protosirenidae, Rhytinidae, Trichechidae

Subtaxa: Pezosiren, Prorastomus

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Ecology: aquatic herbivore