Hydrodamalinae
{{Short description|Extinct subfamily of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|15.97|0.000256}} Middle Miocene to Holocene
| image = Em - Hydrodamalis gigas model.jpg
| image_caption = Model of steller's sea cow
| taxon = Hydrodamalinae
| authority = {{Harvnb|Palmer|1895}}
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = * †Dusisiren
{{Harvnb|Domning|1978}}
- †Hydrodamalis
{{Harvnb|Retzius|1794}}{{Cite web
| title = Hydrodamalinae
| work = Fossilworks
| url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53133
| access-date = 17 December 2021
| archive-date = 29 September 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200929112207/http://fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=53133
| url-status = live
}}
| 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 1768, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.
References
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{{Refbegin}}
- {{Cite journal
| last = Domning | first = D. P.
| title = Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean
| year = 1978 | journal = University of California Publications in Geological Sciences | volume = 118 | pages = 1–176
| oclc = 4919036 }}
- {{cite web |title=D. P. Domning 1978 |website=Fossilworks |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayRefResults?reference_no=6029}}
- {{Cite journal
| last = Palmer | first = T. S. | author-link = Theodore Sherman Palmer
| title = The Earliest Name for Steller's Sea Cow and Dugong
| year = 1895 | journal = Science | volume = 2 | issue = 40 | pages = 449–450
| url = http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdaarsfacpub/477/ | access-date = 17 December 2021
| doi=10.1126/science.2.40.449-a | pmid=17759916| s2cid = 36945810 }}([http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1482&context=usdaarsfacpub PDF])
- {{cite web |title=T. S. Palmer 1895 |website=Fossilworks |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayRefResults?reference_no=18930}}
- {{Cite journal
|last=Retzius
|first=A. J.
|author-link=Anders Retzius
|title=Anmärkningar vid genus Trichechi
|year=1794
|journal=Kungl. Sve. Vetenskapsakad. Nya Handl
|volume=15
|pages=286–300
|url=http://centrumdb.kva.se/kvah/catview.html?method=start&bookId=758&articleId=21469&skipSearchCriteria=false
|access-date= 17 December 2021
}}
- {{cite web |title=A. J. Retzius 1794 |website=Fossilworks |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayRefResults?reference_no=36411}}
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{{Sirenian genera}}
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Category:Miocene first appearances
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