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Bharatisiren kachchhensis

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Metaxytherium kachchhensis was named by Bajpai et al. (1987) [LUVP/MP = Vertebrate Paleontology Collection, Geology Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India]. Its type specimen is LUVP/MP 1032 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aida, which is in an Aquitanian marine claystone in the Khari Nadi Formation of India.

It was corrected as Metaxytherium kachchhense by Domning (1996); it was recombined as Bharatisiren kachchhensis by Bajpai and Domning (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Metaxytherium kachchhensis Bajpai et al.
1996Metaxytherium kachchhense Domning p. 387
1997Bharatisiren kachchhensis Bajpai and Domning p. 219 figs. Fig. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusBharatisiren
specieskachchhensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bharatisiren kachchhensis Bajpai et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Domning 1978

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44India (Kachchh) Bharatisiren kachchhensis (type locality: 58979)