Bharatisiren kachchhensis Bajpai et al. 1987 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Alternative combinations: Metaxytherium kachchhense, Metaxytherium kachchhensis

Full reference: S. Bajpai, M. P. Singh, and P. Singh. 1987. A new sirenian from the Miocene of Kachchh, western India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 32:20-25

Belongs to Bharatisiren according to S. Bajpai and D. P. Domning 1997

See also Bajpai et al. 1987 and Domning 1996

Sister taxon: Bharatisiren indica

Type specimen: LUVP/MP 1032. Its type locality is Aida, which is in an Aquitanian marine claystone in the Khari Nadi Formation of India.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Aida

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