Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Sirenia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Dugongidae
Subfamilia: †Hydrodamalinae
Genus: †Dusisiren
Species: †Dusisiren dewana
Name
Dusisiren dewana Takahashi, Domning & Saitō, 1986
Type locality: "Bed of Mogami River near its east bank, about 100 m upstream of the Yoh Iron Bridge over the river, in hamlet of Yoh, Ohe Town, Nishimurayama County, Yamagata Prefecture, Honshu, Japan."
Etymology: "From Dewa, the ancient name of the present-day Yamagata Prefecture" [Takahashi et al., 1986: 300]
References
Primary references
- Takahashi, S., Domning, D.P. & Saitō, T. 1986. Dusisiren dewana, n. sp. (Mammalia: Sirenia), a new ancestor of Steller's sea cow from the upper Miocene of Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Transactions and proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, N.S. 141: 296–321. PDF Reference page.
Links
- Dusisiren dewana – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Vernacular names
日本語: ヤマガタダイカイギュウ