Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: N. D. Pyenson, F. Sakal, J. LeBlanc, J. Blundell, K. D. Klim, C. D. Marshall, J. Velez-Juarbe, K. Wolfe, and F. Al-Naimi. 2025. High abundance of Early Miocene sea cows from Qatar shows repeated evolution of seagrass ecosystem engineers in Eastern Tethys. PeerJ 13(4443):e20030

Parent taxon: Dugonginae according to N. D. Pyenson et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Bharatisiren, Callistosiren, Corystosiren, Crenatosiren, Culebratherium, Dioplotherium, Domningia, Dugong, Italosiren, Kutchisiren, Norosiren, Rytiodus, Xenosiren

Subtaxa: Salwasiren qatarensis

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Type: Salwasiren qatarensis

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Al Maszhabiya area (Miocene of Qatar)

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