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Domningia sodhae

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Domningia sodhae was named by Thewissen and Bajpai (2009). Its type specimen is IITR-SB 3091, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nangia, which is in an Aquitanian coastal sandstone in the Khari Nadi Formation of India. It is the type species of Domningia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Domningia sodhae Thewissen and Bajpai p. 7 figs. Figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusDomningia
speciessodhae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Domningia sodhae Thewissen and Bajpai 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Domning 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45India (Kutch) Domningia sodhae (type locality: 95769)