Hydrodamalinae is a recently extinct subfamily of the sirenian family Dugongidae. The Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was hunted to extinction by 1768, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.[1]
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Notes
- ^ a b "Hydrodamalinae". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Sources
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- Retzius, A. J. (1794). "Anmärkningar vid genus Trichechi". Kungl. Sve. Vetenskapsakad. Nya Handl. 15: 286–300. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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