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Taxon: Infraorder
Sirenia
(Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- manatees, dugong, and sea cow
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
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......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................(Magnorder Epitheria)
..................................................................................(Superorder Preptotheria)
....................................................................................(Grandorder Ungulata)
......................................................................................(Mirorder Altungulata)
........................................................................................(Order Uranotheria)
..........................................................................................(Suborder Tethytheria)
............................................................................................(Infraorder Behemota)
............................................................................................(Infraorder Sirenia) - manatees, dugong, and sea cow
..............................................................................................»Genus †Anisosiren
..............................................................................................»Genus †Florentinoameghinia
..............................................................................................»Genus †Lophiodolodus
..............................................................................................»Genus †Prohalicore
..............................................................................................»Genus †Sirenavus
..............................................................................................»Family Dugongidae - dugong and sea cow
..............................................................................................»Family †Prorastomidae
..............................................................................................»Family Trichechidae - manatees
..............................................................................................(Family †Halitheriidae)
Authorship
Original name
Illiger, 1811:140
Subsequent rank
McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Columbia University Press, New York..
: ix, 493
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Variants
Different rank
Sirenia
(Order)
(Illiger, 1811) Gill, 1872
Different rank
Sirenia
(Order)
(Illiger, 1811) Gill, 1872
[
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
]
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Tethytheria
(Suborder)
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Vernacular Names
English
:
manatees, dugong, and sea cow
Number of Subtaxa
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
2f;2g;4s; ‡1g;1s; †1f;29g
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[2f;2g; ‡1g; †1f;28g]
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