APPENDIX 4. Classification and Synonymy of the Sirenia and ...

Indosiren koenigswaldi Sahni and Mishra, 1975
Indosiren koenigswaldi Sahni and Mishra, 1975, Monogr. Palaeont. Soc. India No. 3: 37, Apr. 7,
1975.
Holotype. - LUVP 11149, fragment of left maxilla with M1-3.
Type Locality. - Matanomadh, western Kutch, India.
Formation. - "Grey coloured shales of Aida Stage" (Sahni and Mishra, 1975).
Age. - Lower Miocene.
Remarks. - Status and affinities uncertain.
Miodugong Deraniyagala, 1969
Miodugong Deraniyagala, 1969, J. R. Asiatic Soc. (Ceylon Branch) (2)12: 97, May 15, 1969;
Loris 11(5): 237, June 1969; Spolia Zeylanica 31(2): 563; J. Palaeont. Soc. India 13: 22.
[Type, by monotypy: M. brevicranius Deraniyagala.]
Miodugong brevicranius Deraniyagala, 1969
Miodugong brevicranius Deraniyagala, 1969, J. R. Asiatic Soc. (Ceylon Branch) (2)12: 97, May
15, 1969; Loris 11(5): 237, June 1969; Spolia Zeylanica 31(2): 563; J. Palaeont. Soc.
India 13: 22.
Holotype. - Fragment of left parietal and squamosal.
Type Locality. - Near Arna Kallu, about 15 miles N of Puttalam, Sri Lanka.
Formation. - Malu Member of Kudremale Stage, Jaffna Series.
Age. - Miocene.
Remarks. - Status and affinities uncertain.
INDETERMINATE NOMINAL TAXA OF SIRENIANS
Eotherium Markgrafi Abel, 1913, Palaeontographica 59: 319, 336- 337. [Based on specimen(s)
from the Eocene of Egypt. Nomen nudum; see Sickenberg, 1934b: 41.]
Manatus antiquus Leidy, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 8: 165, Sept. 1856. [Based on
specimens from the Miocene and ?Pleistocene of New Jersey, Virginia, and South
Carolina, USA. Nomen dubium.]
SYNONYMS:
Halitherium antiquum (Leidy) Allen, 1926, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 67(14): 455, July
1926.
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Daryl P. Domning, Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia,
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