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
Belongs to Salwasiren according to N. D. Pyenson et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ARC.2023.23.008, a partial skeleton (associated skeleton including an incomplete cranium, mandible, left upper molar (M2), sternum, both scapulae and humeri, a partial vertebral column and ilium)
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Al Maszhabiya area (Miocene of Qatar)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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