Sirenavus hungaricus Kretzoi 1941 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: M. Kretzoi. 1941. Sirenavus hungaricus N. G. N. Sp., ein Neuer Prorastomide aus dem Mitteleozan (Lutetium) von Felsogallia in Ungarn. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungaricic Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica 34:146-156

Belongs to Sirenavus according to D. P. Domning 1996

See also Kordos 1981

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Hung. Nat. Hist. Mus. Geol.-Pal. Dept. no. P. V. 1, a skull. Its type locality is Felsogalla, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in Hungary.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Felsogalla

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