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Trichechus
Taxonomy
Trichechus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 508]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Bruta by Linnaeus (1758); to Manatidae by Case (1904); to Trichechinae by Domning (1994) and Domning (1996); to Trichechidae by Gill (1871), Rhoads (1903), Trouessart (1904), Hay (1930), Kretzoi (1941), Paula Couto (1956), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Heal (1973), Husar (1977), Husar (1978), Domning (1978), Vidal (1991) and Rice (1998); and to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Bruta by Linnaeus (1758); to Manatidae by Case (1904); to Trichechinae by Domning (1994) and Domning (1996); to Trichechidae by Gill (1871), Rhoads (1903), Trouessart (1904), Hay (1930), Kretzoi (1941), Paula Couto (1956), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Heal (1973), Husar (1977), Husar (1978), Domning (1978), Vidal (1991) and Rice (1998); and to Sirenia by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Trichechus Linnaeus p. 34 |
| 1772 | Manatus Brunnich |
| 1803 | Oxystomus Fischer von Waldheim p. 353 |
| 1811 | Manatus Illiger p. 140 |
| 1815 | Neodermus Rafinesque |
| 1821 | Manatus Gray p. 309 |
| 1825 | Manatus Gray p. 340 |
| 1842 | Manatus De Kay p. 123 |
| 1848 | Halipaedisca Gistel |
| 1849 | Manatus Brandt p. 1 |
| 1850 | Manatus Gray p. 139 |
| 1853 | Manatus Pictet p. 372 |
| 1860 | Manatus Nordmann p. 328 |
| 1864 | Manatus Gray p. 247 |
| 1866 | Manatus Gray p. 357 |
| 1871 | Trichechus Gill p. 91 |
| 1890 | Manatus Cope p. 699 |
| 1898 | Manatus Trouessart p. 1000 |
| 1903 | Trichechus Rhoads p. 246 |
| 1904 | Trichechus Case p. 56 |
| 1904 | Manatus Palmer p. 398 |
| 1904 | Oxystomus Palmer p. 492 |
| 1904 | Trichechus Trouessart p. 748 |
| 1912 | Manatus Turner p. 155 |
| 1919 | Manatus Abel p. 835 |
| 1925 | Manatus Zittel p. 264 |
| 1930 | Trichechus Hay p. 658 |
| 1941 | Trichechus Kretzoi p. 155 |
| 1956 | Trichechus Paula Couto p. 107 |
| 1963 | Trichechus Scheffer and Rice p. 4 |
| 1973 | Trichechus Heal p. 199 |
| 1977 | Trichechus Husar p. 1 |
| 1978 | Trichechus Domning |
| 1978 | Trichechus Husar |
| 1988 | Manatus Carroll |
| 1991 | Trichechus Vidal p. 6 |
| 1994 | Trichechus Domning p. 189 |
| 1996 | Trichechus Domning p. 380 |
| 1998 | Trichechus Rice |
| 2002 | Manatus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Trichechus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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