Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 43287
Alternative spelling: Eotherioides
Synonyms: Eotherium Owen 1875 (no. 71175), Masrisiren Kretzoi 1941 (no. 64989)
Full reference: T. S. Palmer. 1899. Review of Catalogus Mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Science 10(249):491-495
Parent taxon: Dugongidae according to M. Voss 2014
Sister taxa: Anisosiren, Caribosiren, Dugonginae, Eosiren, Halitheriinae, Halitherium, Halitherium alleni, Halitherium antillense, Halitherium taulannense, Hydrodamalinae, Indosiren, Kaupitherium, Lentiarenium, Metaxytherium, Miodugong, Nanosiren, Paralitherium, Priscosiren, Prohalicore, Rytiodinae, Sirenavus, Trachytherium
Subtaxa: Eotheroides aegyptiacum, Eotheroides babiae, Eotheroides clavigerum, Eotheroides lambondrano, Eotheroides sandersi, Eotheroides waghapadarensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore