Prorastomus: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Bot: Migrating 9 interwiki links, now provided by Wikidata on d:q2341143 (Report Errors) |
Primergrey (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
|binomial_authority = [[Richard Owen|Owen]], 1855 |
|binomial_authority = [[Richard Owen|Owen]], 1855 |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''''Prorastomus sirenoides''''' ( |
'''''Prorastomus sirenoides''''' (meaning "broad jaws at the front."<ref name="EllisNTB">{{cite book| last = Dixon| first = Dougal| authorlink = Dougal Dixon | title = World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures |
||
| publisher = Lorenz Books| year = 2008| location = New York| pages = 475 |
| publisher = Lorenz Books| year = 2008| location = New York| pages = 475 |
||
| isbn =0-7548-1730-7 {{Please check ISBN|reason=Check digit (7) does not correspond to calculated figure.}} }}</ref>) is an extinct species of primitive [[sirenia]]n that lived during the [[Eocene]] Epoch 40 million years ago in [[Jamaica]]. |
| isbn =0-7548-1730-7 {{Please check ISBN|reason=Check digit (7) does not correspond to calculated figure.}} }}</ref>) is an extinct species of primitive [[sirenia]]n that lived during the [[Eocene]] Epoch 40 million years ago in [[Jamaica]]. |
||
Revision as of 17:17, 29 October 2013
| Prorastomus Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | †Prorastomus Owen, 1855
|
| Species: | †P. sirenoides
|
| Binomial name | |
| Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855
| |
Prorastomus sirenoides (meaning "broad jaws at the front."[1]) is an extinct species of primitive sirenian that lived during the Eocene Epoch 40 million years ago in Jamaica.
Description
While modern sirenians are fully aquatic, the 1.5 metres (5 ft) Prorastomus was predominantly terrestrial, judging from the structure of its skull. Judging from its crown-shaped molars and the shape of its snout, it fed on soft plants.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Dixon, Dougal (2008). World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. New York: Lorenz Books. p. 475. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/0-7548-1730-7 |0-7548-1730-7 [[Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs]]]].
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help) - ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 229. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
- Barry Cox, Colin Harrison, R. J. G. Savage, and Brian Gardiner. (1999): The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life. Simon & Schuster.
- David Norman. (2001): The Big Book Of Dinosaurs. Pg. 348, Welcome Books.
 | This prehistoric mammal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
