Kilgai
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| Genus: | †Kilgai Malkani, 2019
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| †Kilgai moolakharzani Malkani, 2019
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Kilgai is a dubious genus of extinct protosirenid sea cow from the Chamalang Group of Pakistan. The type, and currently only, species is K. moolakharzani, named by Malkani (2019).[1]
Discovery and naming[edit]
The holotype is MSM-1065-K, a single tooth from the Shaheed Ghat shale of the Chamalang Group.[citation needed]
Kilgai moolakharzani was named and described by Malkani (2019).[1]
Classification[edit]
Kilgai was classified within Protosirenidae by Malkani (2019), and was considered to be closely related to Desmostylus.[citation needed]
References[edit]
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