''Kutchisiren'' is an extinct genus of
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
which existed in what is now
India
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during the
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...
period.
It was named by S. Bajpai, D. P. Domning, D. P. Das, J. Velez-Juarbe, and V. P. Mishra in
2010
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, and the type species is ''Kutchisiren cylindrica''. It was originally named ''Kotadasiren gracilis'' (as a
nomen nudum) in 1994, by Das and Basu.
References
Miocene sirenians
Fossil taxa described in 2010
Extinct animals of India
Prehistoric placental genera
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