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Fossil Sea Cow from the Tertiary of Kutch


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The paper records the occurrence of Sea Cow from the Tertiary sediments of Kutch. The mandibular fragment recovered from the ferruginous marl.beds of Chattian resembles Halitherlum reported from Europe, Africa and North America. In certain respects it is comparable to Dugong, the living genus, and it may represent a transitional form between the two. With overall consideration it is assigned Halitherium sp.
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P. P. Satsangi
Geological Survey of India, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Calcutta-700076, India
A. N. Trivedy
Geological Survey of India, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Calcutta-700076, India

Abstract


The paper records the occurrence of Sea Cow from the Tertiary sediments of Kutch. The mandibular fragment recovered from the ferruginous marl.beds of Chattian resembles Halitherlum reported from Europe, Africa and North America. In certain respects it is comparable to Dugong, the living genus, and it may represent a transitional form between the two. With overall consideration it is assigned Halitherium sp.