Embrithopoda: Dugong's And Elephants Extinct Relatives

[@indyreno2933]

Did you know that embrithopods are the most basal of all tethytheres while both proboscideans and sirenians constitute the clade Chirorhini?

[@ThroughTheEyeOfJ]

I doubt it. There's no shred of information on a clade known as 'Chirorhini'.

[@indyreno2933]

Chirorhini (meaning "hand-nosed ones") is the clade that contains the more modern members of the mirorder Tethytheria such as proboscideans and sirenians to the exclusion of more basal forms such as the embrithopods, which lack the possession of their nose and upper lip combined into a prehensile tool, proboscideans and sirenians are more closely related to each other than either is to the embrithopods, which is why embrithopods are the most basal tethytheres.

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

@@ThroughTheEyeOfJ Beware of a commenter called Indy Reno posting nonsense taxonomy and other flawed info. He does this all the time and stubbornly ignores criticism. Further, when confronted, he frequently replies; 'actually' followed by a wall of even more flawed taxonomy, none of which addresses the first round of nonsense. ------------- I agree on 'Chirorhini', not a single relevant result comes back.