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]
| Kutchisiren Temporal range: Miocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Dugongidae |
| Subfamily: | Dugonginae |
| Genus: | †Kutchisiren Bajpai et al., 2010 |
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References
edit- ^ a b 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. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0082.
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