Hydrodamalinae
| Hydrodamalinae Temporal range: 15.97–0Ma Middle Miocene to Recent | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Dugongidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrodamalinae Palmer 1895 |
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Hydrodamalinae is a recently extinct subfamily of the sirenian family Dugongidae. The Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was hunted to extinction by 1760, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.[1]
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hydrodamalinae". Fossilworks. Retrieved January 2014.
Sources
- Domning, D. P. (1978). "Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean". University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118: 1–176. OCLC 4919036. Lay summary (January 2014).
- Palmer, T. S. (1895). "The Earliest Name for Steller's Sea Cow and Dugong". Science 2 (40): 449–450. doi:10.1126/science.2.40.449-a. Retrieved January 2014. Lay summary (January 2014).(PDF)
- Retzius, A. J. (1794). "Anmärkningar vid genus Trichechi". Kungl. Sve. Vetenskapsakad. Nya Handl 15: 286–300. Retrieved January 2014. Lay summary (January 2014).
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