Domningia
Appearance
Domningia Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | Dugongidae |
Subfamily: | Dugonginae |
Genus: | †Domningia Thewissen and Bajpai, 2009 |
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Domningia is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in what is now India during the Miocene period. It is named in honor of Daryl Domning, a sirenian specialist.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ J. G. M. Thewissen and S. Bajpai. 2009. A new Miocene sirenian from Kutch, India. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):7-13