Prorastomus
Sign in to saveProrastomus sirenoides is an extinct species of primitive sirenian that lived during the Eocene Epoch 40 million years ago in Jamaica.
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Prorastomus sirenoides is an extinct species of primitive sirenian that lived during the Eocene Epoch 40 million years ago in Jamaica.
==Taxonomy== The generic name Prorastomus, a combination of Greek (prōra), prow, and (stoma), mouth, refers to the lower jaw of the animal "resembling the prow of a wherry".
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