Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Dugongidae | Phylum Chordata Order Sirenia Subfamily Dugonginae | |
Similar Rytiodus, Metaxytherium, Halitherium, Dugongidae, Trichechidae | ||
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.
References
Kutchisiren Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA