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What if Protosirenians also grazed on the shore?

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2023-02-13

Sirenians!
Couple manatees and a dugong :)

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2023-01-02

What's further interesting is that the Drazinda Formation is marine, also preserving the fossils of Basilosaurids and early sirenians, which might indicate that these animals might have spent some time in saltwater (9/10)
📷Joschua Knüppe
📷Jorge W. Moreno-Bernal

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2022-01-28

Little penguin and Dugong that I illustrated for 🧜

Sirenians/"sea cows" (dugongs and manatees) are thought to be the animals behind the mermaid legend 🐄

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2021-05-16

While are the only group of sirenians that invaded freshwater habitats, in odontocetes it has happened multiple times. In the Pebas Mega-Wetland System we find platanistoids and iniids. Map from et al (2020) https://t.co/EcTyazFCIC
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2021-04-03

Felt the urge to show appreciation to yet another group of Afrotherians, the Sirenians (dugongs and manatees) . This time I present to you the earliest member of Sirenia, meet Prorastomus from the Early Eocene of Jamaica. Sirenian evolution is quite interesting

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2020-10-15

Guess who intended to draw a manatee and accidentally drew a Dugong instead? Points for who knows why know your Sirenians, people⁠

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2020-05-17

It Is My Dudes

which means it is time for Sirenians, aka mantees, aka manataurs, aka the first mammalian mermaids. gentle giants with bewitching voices and a surprising amount of boat flipping strength.

read about them here:
https://t.co/NtQZyvOqmg

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2019-05-17

My second time in
This stream was especially dedicated to sea cows, which is lovely. First one is Hydrodamalis (Steller's Sea Cow), second is Culebratherium.

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2019-02-23

Results from the sea cow
Hydrodamalis, Culebratherium (+Purussaurus), Prorastmus.

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2019-02-23