| Domningia Temporal range: Early Miocene 23.0–20.4Ma | |
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| Life Restoration by Carl Buell | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Dugongidae |
| Subfamily: | Dugonginae |
| Genus: | †Domningia Thewissen and Bajpai, 2009 |
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Domningia is an extinct genus of dugongid sirenian mammal which lived in India during the Miocene. It is named after Daryl Domning to honor him for his research in sirenians.[1]
A skull of Domningia
Reference[]
- ↑ J. G. M. Thewissen and S. Bajpai. 2009. A new Miocene sirenian from Kutch, India. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):7-13