Dusisiren takasatensis Kobayashi et al. 1995 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: S. Kobayashi, H. Horikawa, and S. Miyazaki. 1995. A new species of Sirenia (Mammalia: Hydrodamalinae) from the Shiotsubo Formation in Takasato, Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(4):815-829

Belongs to Dusisiren according to S. Kobayashi et al. 1995

See also Furusawa 2005

Sister taxa: Dusisiren dewana, Dusisiren jordani, Dusisiren reinharti

Type specimen: TA 1-5, a skull. Its type locality is Takasato, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Shiotsubo Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Takasato

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