Hydrodamalinae
| Hydrodamalinae | |
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| Model of steller's sea cow | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Dugongidae |
| Subfamily: | † 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 1768, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.[1]
References
Notes
- ^ a b "Hydrodamalinae". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Sources
- Domning, D. P. (1978). "Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean". University of California Publications in Geological Sciences. 118: 1–176. OCLC 4919036.
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- 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.