Kutchisiren Bajpai et al. 2010 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: S. Bajpai, D. P. Domning, D. P. Das, J. Velez-Juarbe, and V. P. Mishra. 2010. A new fossil sirenian (Mammalia, Dugonginae) from the Miocene of India. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 258(1):39-50

Parent taxon: Dugonginae according to A. Berta 2017

See also Bajpai et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Bharatisiren, Callistosiren, Corystosiren, Crenatosiren, Culebratherium, Dioplotherium, Domningia, Dugong, Italosiren, Norosiren, Rytiodus, Xenosiren

Subtaxa: Kotadasiren Kutchisiren cylindrica

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Type: Kutchisiren cylindrica

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kotada, north (Miocene to Miocene of India)

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