Ashokia antiqua 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

Belongs to Ashokia according to S. Bajpai et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: K60/448, a skull. Its type locality is Waghapadar, which is in a Lutetian coastal claystone in the Harudi Formation of India.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Waghapadar

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