Dusisiren dewana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Sirenia

Familia: Dugongidae
Subfamilia: †Hydrodamalinae
Genus: †Dusisiren
Species: †Dusisiren dewana

Name

Dusisiren dewana Takahashi, Domning & Saitō, 1986

Type locality: "Bed of Mogami River near its east bank, about 100 m upstream of the Yoh Iron Bridge over the river, in hamlet of Yoh, Ohe Town, Nishimurayama County, Yamagata Prefecture, Honshu, Japan."

Etymology: "From Dewa, the ancient name of the present-day Yamagata Prefecture" [Takahashi et al., 1986: 300]

References

Primary references

• Takahashi, S., Domning, D.P. & Saitō, T. 1986. Dusisiren dewana, n. sp. (Mammalia: Sirenia), a new ancestor of Steller's sea cow from the upper Miocene of Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Transactions and proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, N.S. 141: 296–321. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Dusisiren dewana – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

English: Yamagata Giant Sea Cow
日本語: ヤマガタダイカイギュウ