†Miodugong brevicranius Deraniyagala 1969 (dugong)
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Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Full reference: P. E. P. Deraniyagala. 1969. A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu member of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 31(II):1-17
Belongs to Miodugong according to D. P. Domning 1996
See also Deraniyagala 1968 and Deraniyagala 1969
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aruwakkalu Hill, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in the Jaffna Limestone Formation of Sri Lanka
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Aruwakkalu Hill
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