Kutchisiren
Name:
Kutchisiren.
Phonetic: Kutch-e-sy-ren.
Named By: S. Bajpai, D. P. Domning, D.
P. Das, J. Velez-Juarbe & V. P. Mishra - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Sirenia,
Dugongidae, Dugonginae.
Species: K. cylindrica
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: India - Khari Nadi Formation.
Time period: Aquitanian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Kutchisiren is a prehistoric genus of dugong that lived in the waters of India during the Miocene.
Further reading
- A new fossil sirenian (Mammalia, Dugonginae) from the Miocene
of India. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie,
Abhandlungen 258(1):39-50. - S. Bajpai, D. P.
Domning, D. P. Das, J. Velez-Juarbe & V. P.
Mishra - 2010.
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