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Dugongidae (dugong)
Taxonomy
Dugongidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was assigned to Herbivorae by Gray (1821); to Dugongoidea by Heal (1973); to Trichechiformes by Simpson (1932), Kretzoi (1941), Pilleri et al. (1989) and Sach and Heizmann (2001); and to Sirenia by Rhoads (1903), Reinhart (1959), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Reinhart (1976), Husar (1978), Barnes et al. (1985), de Muizon and Domning (1985), Takahashi et al. (1986), Domning (1988), PIlleri (1988), Carroll (1988), Toledo and Domning (1991), Domning (1991), Nowak (1991), Domning (1994), Aranda-Manteca et al. (1994), Domning and Furusawa (1995), Domning (1996), Domning (1997), Bajpai and Domning (1997), Rice (1998), Sagne (2001), Pledge (2006), Voss (2008), Domning and Aguilera (2008), Domning (2008), Thewissen and Bajpai (2009), Samonds and Zalmout (2009), Bajpai et al. (2010), Voss (2011), Domning (2011), Bianucci et al. (2011), Velez-Juarbe et al. (2012), Zalmout and Gingerich (2012) and Sorbi et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Herbivorae by Gray (1821); to Dugongoidea by Heal (1973); to Trichechiformes by Simpson (1932), Kretzoi (1941), Pilleri et al. (1989) and Sach and Heizmann (2001); and to Sirenia by Rhoads (1903), Reinhart (1959), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Reinhart (1976), Husar (1978), Barnes et al. (1985), de Muizon and Domning (1985), Takahashi et al. (1986), Domning (1988), PIlleri (1988), Carroll (1988), Toledo and Domning (1991), Domning (1991), Nowak (1991), Domning (1994), Aranda-Manteca et al. (1994), Domning and Furusawa (1995), Domning (1996), Domning (1997), Bajpai and Domning (1997), Rice (1998), Sagne (2001), Pledge (2006), Voss (2008), Domning and Aguilera (2008), Domning (2008), Thewissen and Bajpai (2009), Samonds and Zalmout (2009), Bajpai et al. (2010), Voss (2011), Domning (2011), Bianucci et al. (2011), Velez-Juarbe et al. (2012), Zalmout and Gingerich (2012) and Sorbi et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Anisosiren, Dugong (syn. Platystomus, Dugungus, Halicore, Amblychilus, Dugongidus, Halicora), Dugonginae (syn. Halitherium bellunense, Halicorinae, Rhytiodinae, Rytiodontinae, Thelriopiinae), Halitheriinae, Hydrodamalinae (syn. Rytineae, Rytinadae, Rhytinea, Rytinidae), Indosiren, Miodugong, Paralitherium, Prohalicore, Rytiodinae, Rytiodus (syn. Thelriope), Sirenavus
Sister taxa
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Dugongidae Gray p. 309 |
| 1825 | Halicoridae Gray p. 340 |
| 1868 | Halicorida Brandt p. 344 |
| 1871 | Halicoroidea Gill p. 91 |
| 1871 | Halicoridae Gill p. 92 |
| 1871 | Halicoroidea Gill p. 92 |
| 1883 | Halicoridae Flower p. 184 |
| 1889 | Halicoridae Cope p. 876 |
| 1890 | Halicoridae Cope p. 698 |
| 1891 | Halicoridae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1895 | Halicoridae Flores p. 15 |
| 1898 | Halicoridae Trouessart p. 1003 |
| 1903 | Dugongidae Rhoads p. 246 |
| 1904 | Halicoridae Trouessart p. 749 |
| 1906 | Halicoridae Andrews p. 197 |
| 1912 | Halicoridae Turner p. 145 |
| 1919 | Halicoridae Abel p. 833 |
| 1928 | Halicoridae Weber p. 495 |
| 1932 | Dugongidae Simpson p. 423 |
| 1941 | Dugongidae Kretzoi p. 154 |
| 1959 | Dugongidae Reinhart p. 63 |
| 1963 | Dugongidae Scheffer and Rice p. 4 |
| 1973 | Dugongidae Heal p. 89 |
| 1976 | Dugongidae Reinhart p. 199 |
| 1978 | Dugongidae Husar p. 1 |
| 1985 | Dugongidae Barnes et al. p. 33 |
| 1985 | Dugongidae de Muizon and Domning p. 192 |
| 1986 | Dugongidae Takahashi et al. p. 300 |
| 1988 | Dugongidae Carroll |
| 1988 | Dugongidae Domning p. 399 |
| 1988 | Dugongidae PIlleri p. 46 |
| 1989 | Dugongidae Pilleri et al. p. 17 |
| 1991 | Dugongidae Domning p. 398 |
| 1991 | Dugongidae Nowak |
| 1991 | Dugongidae Toledo and Domning p. 122 |
| 1994 | Dugongidae Aranda-Manteca et al. p. 192 |
| 1994 | Dugongidae Domning p. 189 |
| 1995 | Dugongidae Domning and Furusawa p. 506 |
| 1996 | Dugongidae Domning p. 382 |
| 1997 | Dugongidae Bajpai and Domning p. 219 |
| 1997 | Dugongidae Domning p. 398 |
| 1998 | Dugongidae Rice |
| 2001 | Dugongidae Sach and Heizmann p. 42 |
| 2001 | Dugongidae Sagne p. 473 |
| 2006 | Dugongidae Pledge p. 295 |
| 2008 | Dugongidae Domning |
| 2008 | Dugongidae Domning and Aguilera p. 480 |
| 2008 | Dugongidae Voss p. 259 |
| 2009 | Dugongidae Samonds and Zalmout p. 1235 |
| 2009 | Dugongidae Thewissen and Bajpai p. 7 |
| 2010 | Dugongidae Bajpai et al. p. 42 |
| 2011 | Dugongidae Bianucci et al. p. 574 |
| 2011 | Dugongidae Domning p. 1340 |
| 2011 | Dugongidae Voss |
| 2012 | Dugongidae Sorbi et al. p. 688 |
| 2012 | Dugongidae Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 587 |
| 2012 | Dugongidae Zalmout and Gingerich p. 37 |
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