Kutchisiren Explained

Kutchisiren is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in what is now India in Khari Nadi Formation during the Miocene period.[1] 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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. S. Bajpai . D. P. Domning . D. P. Das . J. Velez-Juarbe . V. P. Mishra . 2010 . A new fossil sirenian (Mammalia, Dugonginae) from the Miocene of India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen . 258 . 1 . 39–50. 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0082.