IRMNG - Trichechidae Gill, 1872

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Trichechidae Gill, 1872

IRMNG_ID

105014 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:105014)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Sirenia

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Genus Anomotherium Siegfried, 1965 †
Genus Miosiren Dollo, 1889 †
Genus Potamosiren Reinhart, 1951 †
Genus Prohalicore Flot, 1887 †
Genus Ribodon Ameghino, 1883 †
Genus Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Nemodermus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Erichechus de Blainville, 1841 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Halipaedisca Gistl, 1848 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Irochus Fischer-Waldheim, 1840 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Manatus Storr, 1780
Genus Manatus Brünnich, 1772 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Oxystomus Fischer de Waldheim, 1803 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Thrichechus Zimmermann, 1870 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Trichecus Müller, 1773 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Trichecus Owken, 1816 accepted as Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority given as Giebel, 1847 in McKenna & Bell, in error according to Wilson & Reeder, 2005

Taxonomic remark Authority given as Giebel, 1847 in McKenna & Bell, in error according to Wilson & Reeder, 2005 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Trichechidae Gill, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105014 on 2024-10-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Aphia2006 (marine) [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Eutheria (Infraclass) > Sirenia (Order) > Trichechidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Manatees, inhabit marine and freshwater. Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): F; stratigraphic range: Miocene (Lower Miocene)-Holocene (?Recent). Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority given as Giebel, 1847 in McKenna & Bell, in error according to Wilson & Reeder, 2005 [details]

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