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Fossil find solves Australian marine mystery
ABC Science
04 September 2013
An ancient mystery has been solved through the identification of a group of fossils as the ancestors of our modern-day dugong.
The identification of the 12-million-year-old fossils pushes the record of sirenia or sea cows, the group of marine mammals that includes dugongs, in the region back seven millions years. Read more
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