Kharisiren Saha et al. 2026 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: A. Saha, S. K. Verma, S. Bajpai, P. Roy, and D. P. Domning. 2026. Miocene dugongid (Mammalia, Sirenia) diversity in the Indian Ocean, with description of a new genus and species from Kutch, Western India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2634013

Parent taxon: Dugonginae according to A. Saha et al. 2026

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

Subtaxa: Kharisiren cristata

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Type: Kharisiren cristata

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kotada, north

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