Domningia sodhae Thewissen and Bajpai 2009 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: J. G. M. Thewissen and S. Bajpai. 2009. A new Miocene sirenian from Kutch, India. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):7-13

Belongs to Domningia according to J. G. M. Thewissen and S. Bajpai 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IITR-SB 3091, a skull. Its type locality is Nangia, which is in an Aquitanian coastal sandstone in the Khari Nadi Formation of India.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Nangia

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