Domningia is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in what is now India during the Miocene period. It is named in honor of Daryl Domning, a sirenian specialist.[1]

Domningia
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Subfamily: Dugonginae
Genus: Domningia
Thewissen and Bajpai, 2009
Species
  • D. sodhae Thewissen and Bajpai, 2009 (type)

References edit

  1. ^ J. G. M. Thewissen and S. Bajpai. 2009. A new Miocene sirenian from Kutch, India. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):7-13