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Definition of sirenians

Sirenian
Sirenian Si*re"ni*an, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Sirenia.

Meaning of sirenians from wikipedia

- species. The Protosirenidae (Eocene sirenians) and Prorastomidae (terrestrial sirenians) families are extinct. Sirenians are classified in the clade Paenungulata...
- time. The first appearance of sirenians in the fossil record was during the early Eocene, and by the late Eocene, sirenians had significantly diversified...
- to modern sirenians. Steller's sea cows are reported to have grown to 8 to 9 m (26 to 30 ft) long as adults, much larger than extant sirenians. In 1987...
- adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians. It was present in many marine reptiles, such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs...
- m**** increase (BMI) is known in a variety of other marine mammals like sirenians and from some other basilosaurids — namely, members of the subfamily Pachycetinae...
- Sirenian S****s is an EP by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia. It was released on 11 October 2004 by Napalm Records. It is the last work recorded...
- the giant "hyracoids" (common ancestors to the hyraxes, elephants, and sirenians) evolved in different ways. Some became smaller, and evolved to become...
- Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera. Trichechidae †Miosireninae †Anomotherium †Anomotherium...
- sirenians, 133 parallel amino acid substitutions occur. Comparing and contrasting cetaceans-pinnipeds, cetaceans-sirenians, and pinnipeds-sirenians,...
- previous forms, suggesting increased divergence to compete with sirenians, and sirenian diversity appears to increase with desmostylian decline. Both desmostylians...