Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176
Parent taxon: Hydrodamalinae according to M. Voss 2014
See also Berta 2017, Boessenecker 2011, Carroll 1988, Domning 1978, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2008, Domning 2018, Furusawa 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Takahashi et al. 1986
Sister taxon: Hydrodamalis
Subtaxa: Dusisiren dewana Dusisiren jordani Dusisiren reinharti Dusisiren takasatensis
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Japan (3), Mexico (2), United States (17: California)
Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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