| Hydrodamalinae Temporal range: 15.97–0 Ma Middle Miocene to Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Dugongidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrodamalinae |
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Hydrodamalinae is a recently extinct subfamily of the siren family Dugongidae. The Steller's Sea Cow was hunted to extinction by 1760, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.[1]
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