Indosiren koeningswaldi Sahni and Mishra 1975 (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Full reference: A. Sahni and V. P. Mishra. 1975. Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society of India 3:1-48

Belongs to Indosiren according to D. P. Domning 1996

Sister taxon: Indosiren javanensis

Type specimen: LUVP 11149, a mandible. Its type locality is Matanomadh, Miocene, which is in a Miocene marine shale in India.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Matanomadh, Miocene

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