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sirenian

NOUN
  1. any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs

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  • The oldest is the Gehannam Formation (ca 40-41 million years old) consisting of white marly limestone and gypseous shale and yielding many skeletons of archaic whales (archaeocetes), sirenians (sea cows), shark teeth, turtles, and crocodilians. Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt
  • The hyrax - elephant - sirenian core is well-accepted on morphological grounds.
  • To understand isotopic variation in Florida sirenians, we selected four teeth for serial sampling.
  • Sirenians are members of the group known as subungulates, thought to be distantly related to hyraxes, elephants, and perhaps, artiodactyls and perissodactyls.
  • Nineteen other species of invertebrates are known: three species of early sirenian (sea cow), one partial skeleton of the primitive proboscidian Moeritherium, early mammals, sharks, crocodiles, three kinds of sawfish, rays, cartilaginous and bony fishes, several kinds of turtles, including a sea turtle and a sea snake. Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt
  • Modern sirenians are large, docile, aquatic herbivores.
  • Sirenians belong to a group called subungulates, which includes elephants and hyraxes, two animals that by appearances and habitat would seem to have nothing in common.
  • Nineteen other species of invertebrates are known: three species of early sirenian (sea cow), one partial skeleton of the primitive proboscidian Moeritherium, early mammals, sharks, crocodiles, three kinds of sawfish, rays, cartilaginous and bony fishes, several kinds of turtles, including a sea turtle and a sea snake. Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt
  • The hyrax - elephant - sirenian core is well-accepted on morphological grounds.
  • Corystosiren is a late-surviving dugong at a time when sirenian fossils are exceedingly rare in Florida.
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