Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: S. Bajpai and D. P. Domning. 1997. A new dugongine sirenian from the early Miocene of India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(1):219-228
Parent taxon: Dugonginae according to S. Bajpai et al. 2006
See also Bajpai and Domning 1997, Berta 2017, Domning 1997, Domning 2018 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Callistosiren, Corystosiren, Crenatosiren, Culebratherium, Dioplotherium, Domningia, Dugong, Italosiren, Kutchisiren, Norosiren, Rytiodus, Xenosiren
Subtaxa: Bharatisiren indica Bharatisiren kachchhensis
Type: Bharatisiren indica
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection)
• Oligocene of India (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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