Hydrodamalinae

Hydrodamalinae Temporal range: Middle Miocene to Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Sirenia
Family:	Dugongidae
Subfamily:	Hydrodamalinae Palmer 1895
Genera
†Dusisiren Domning 1978 †Hydrodamalis Retzius 1794
Synonyms
Hydrodamalidae

Hydrodamalinae is a recently extinct subfamily of the sirenian family Dugongidae. The Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was hunted to extinction by 1760, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.

References

Sources

• Domning, D. P. (1978). "Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean". University of California Publications in Geological Sciences. 118: 1–176. OCLC 4919036. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |laydate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |layurl= ignored (help)
• Palmer, T. S. (1895). "The Earliest Name for Steller's Sea Cow and Dugong". Science. 2 (40): 449–450. doi:10.1126/science.2.40.449-a. PMID 17759916. Retrieved 1 January 2014. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |laydate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |layurl= ignored (help)(PDF)
• Retzius, A. J. (1794). "Anmärkningar vid genus Trichechi". Kungl. Sve. Vetenskapsakad. Nya Handl. 15: 286–300. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 1 January 2014. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |laydate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |layurl= ignored (help)