Hydrodamalinae
Sign in to saveHydrodamalinae 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hydrodamalinae is referenced by 46 other articles, and connects out to Trichechidae, Dugongidae and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Dugongidae, Extinct mammals and Holocene extinctions.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Subfamily
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderSirenia
- FamilyDugongidae
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- Parent taxon
- Dugongidae
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- Em - Hydrodamalis gigas model.jpg
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- taxon name
- Hydrodamalinae
- taxon rank
- subfamily
- start time
- 15970000-0
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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.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hydrodamalinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.