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Hydrodamalinae

Summary

Hydrodamalinae is a recently extinct subfamily of the sirenian family Dugongidae. The Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was hunted to extinction by 1768, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.[1]

Hydrodamalinae
Temporal range: 15.97–0.000256 Ma Middle Miocene to Holocene
Model of steller's sea cow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Subfamily: †Hydrodamalinae
Palmer 1895
Genera
Synonyms
  • Hydrodamalidae

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b "Hydrodamalinae". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Sources edit

  • Domning, D. P. (1978). "Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean". University of California Publications in Geological Sciences. 118: 1–176. OCLC 4919036.
    • "D. P. Domning 1978". Fossilworks.
  • 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. PMID 17759916. S2CID 36945810. Retrieved 17 December 2021.(PDF)
    • "T. S. Palmer 1895". Fossilworks.
  • Retzius, A. J. (1794). "Anmärkningar vid genus Trichechi". Kungl. Sve. Vetenskapsakad. Nya Handl. 15: 286–300. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
    • "A. J. Retzius 1794". Fossilworks.