Ashokia Bajpai et al. 2009 (sirenian)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae

Full reference: S. Bajpai, D. P. Domning, D. P. Das and V. P. Mishra. 2009. A new middle Eocene sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from India. Neus Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie, und Palaeontologie 252/3:257-267

Parent taxon: Protosirenidae according to S. Bajpai et al. 2009

See also Berta 2017 and Zouhri et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Dakhlasiren, Kilgai, Libysiren, Protosiren

Subtaxa: Ashokia antiqua

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Type: Ashokia antiqua

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Waghapadar (Eocene of India)

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