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Kutchisiren cylindrica

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Kutchisiren cylindrica was named by Bajpai et al. (2010). Its type specimen is GSI-K60/998, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kotada, north, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian coastal claystone in the Khari Nadi Formation of India. It is the type species of Kutchisiren.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Kotadasiren gracillis Das and Basu p. 5
2010Kutchisiren cylindrica Bajpai et al. figs. Fig. 2-6, Tables 1-3

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusKutchisiren
speciescylindrica

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.

Kutchisiren cylindrica Bajpai et al. 2010
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Invalid names: Kotadasiren gracillis Das and Basu 1994 [replaced]
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, Domning 1978, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Kutchisiren cylindrica (type locality: 97632)