Sea Cow Communities Have Engineered Arabian Gulf’s Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years

Dec 16, 2025 - 11:30
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Sea Cow Communities Have Engineered Arabian Gulf’s Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years
An artistic reconstruction of a herd of Salwasiren qatarensis foraging on the seafloor. Image credit: Alex Boersma.

Paleontologists have unearthed a dense assemblage of dugong remains at the site of Al Maszhabiya in the Early Miocene Dam Formation of Qatar.

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