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KUTCHISIREN
(kutch-e-sy-ren)
Named By: S. Bajpai, D. P. Domning, D. P. Das, J. VelezinJuarbe & V. P. Mishra in 2010
Time Period: Miocene
Location: India - Khari Nadi Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Sirenia | Dugongidae | Dugonginae |
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Kutchisiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in what is now India during the Miocene period. It was named by S. Bajpai, D. P. Domning, D. P. Das, J. Velez-Juarbe, and V. P. Mishra in 2010, and the type species is Kutchisiren cylindrica. It was originally named Kotadasiren gracilis (as a nomen nudum) in 1994, by Das and Basu.

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