Sirenian genomes illuminate the evolution of fully aquatic species within the mammalian superorder afrotheria [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Sirenians of the superorder Afrotheria were the first mammals to transition from land to water and are the only herbivorous marine mammals. Here, we generated a chromosome-level dugong (Dugong dugon) genome.
Ran Tian +13 more
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Polyplacophoran Feeding Traces on Mediterranean Pliocene Sirenian Bones: Insights on the Role of Grazing Bioeroders in Shallow-Marine Vertebrate Falls [PDF]
Life, 2023 Chitons (Polyplacophora) include some of the most conspicuous bioeroders of the present-day shallow seas. Abundant palaeontological evidence for the feeding activity of ancient chitons is preserved in the form of radular traces that are usually found on ...
Alberto Collareta +5 more
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Investigation into the causes of mortality in cetaceans and sirenian populations in the Andaman Sea, Thailand: A retrospective analysis spanning 2018–2023 [PDF]
Veterinary WorldBackground and Aim: Cetaceans and sirenians are endangered marine mammals that are threatened by stranding and mortality. In Thailand’s Andaman Sea, limited data exist on the causes and patterns of these events.
Chayanis Daochai +9 more
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First adequately-known quadrupedal sirenian from Eurasia (Eocene, Bay of Biscay, Huesca, northeastern Spain). [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 Sirenians are the only extant herbivorous mammals fully adapted to an aquatic lifestyle. They originated in Africa during the Paleocene from an undetermined clade of afrotherian mammals, and by the end of the Eocene they were widely distributed across ...
Díaz-Berenguer E +3 more
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Total evidence time-scaled phylogenetic and biogeographic models for the evolution of sea cows (Sirenia, Afrotheria) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Molecular phylogenetic studies that have included sirenians from the genera Trichechus, Dugong, and Hydrodamalis have resolved their interrelationships but have yielded divergence age estimates that are problematically discordant.
Steven Heritage, Erik R. Seiffert
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A new miocene sirenian from Kutch, India [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2009 We report a new Miocene sirenian from District Kutch, State of Gujarat, India: Domingia sodhae gen. et sp. nov. The new species is a dugongine dugongid with flattened tusk-like upper incisors. Like some other Miocene dugongids, Domningia is large and has
Bajpai, Sunil, Thewissen, J. G. M.
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Evolution of an extreme hemoglobin phenotype contributed to the sub-Arctic specialization of extinct Steller’s sea cows [PDF]
eLife, 2023 The extinct Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas; †1768) was a whale-sized marine mammal that manifested profound morphological specializations to exploit the harsh coastal climate of the North Pacific.
Anthony V Signore +5 more
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Fossil Sirenia from the Pleistocene of Qatar: new questions about the antiquity of sea cows in the Gulf Region [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 One of the largest and least documented populations of dugongs (Dugong dugon) resides in the coastal waters of the United Arab Emirates, and waters surrounding Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar.
Nicholas D. Pyenson +8 more
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Miocene Shark and Batoid Fauna from Nosy Makamby (Mahajanga Basin, Northwestern Madagascar). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Madagascar is well known for producing exceptional fossils. However, the record for selachians remains relatively poorly known. Paleontological reconnaissance on the island of Nosy Makamby, off northwest Madagascar, has produced a previously undescribed ...
Tsiory H Andrianavalona +5 more
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ON A SKULL OF A SIRENIAN FROM THE EARLY PLIOCENE OF SIENA, TUSCANY
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2020 A fine skull of a sirenian from Early Pliocene littoral sands with Late Ruscinian terrestrial mammals near Siena is referred to Metaxitherium gervaisi (Capellini, 1872); it provides detailed information on the characters of this species, which was ...
DANIELA CANOCCHI
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