Iterative evolution of sympatric seacow (Dugongidae, Sirenia) assemblages during the past ~26 million years.

Extant sirenians show allopatric distributions throughout most of their range. However, their fossil record shows evidence of multispecies communities throughout most of the past ∼26 million years, in different oceanic basins. Morphological differences among co-occurring sirenian taxa suggest that r...

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Main Authors: Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Daryl P Domning, Nicholas D Pyenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22319622/pdf/?tool=EBI