†Kutchisiren cylindrica Bajpai et al. 2010 (dugong)
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Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Synonym: Kotadasiren gracillis Das and Basu 1994 [replaced name]
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
Belongs to Kutchisiren according to S. Bajpai et al. 2010
See also Das and Basu 1994
Sister taxon: Kotadasiren
Type specimens:
- Kutchisiren cylindrica: GSI-K60/998, a partial skull. Its type locality is Kotada, north, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian coastal claystone in the Khari Nadi Formation of India.
- Kotadasiren gracillis:
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Kotada, north
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