2006/06/12 by Sunil Bajpai, J. G. M. Thewissen, Vivesh V. Kapur +2 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies #Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
paper · doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[400:eaosmf]2.0.co;2
openalex publication_date 2006/06/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Discoveries of three species of Eocene sirenians in District Kachchh, State of Gujarat, India, are reported. A species of the protosirenid Protosiren is represented by cranial and postcranial material, and the halitheriine dugongid Eosiren is represented by a poorly preserved mandible. Neither of these can be identified at the specific level. A new species of haltheriine dugongids is described: Eotheroides babiae, n. sp. The species is based on a lower jaw with teeth. Another new fossil sirenian is reported from the Oligocene (Chattian) Maniyara Fort Formation. The new species, Bharatisiren indica, n. sp., is based on a well-preserved skull, mandibles, and several postcranial specimens. Bharatisiren is a basal dugongine dugongid, close to previously described Bharatisiren kachchhensis and possibly near the origin of the modern genus Dugong.