†Paleoparadoxia media Inuzuka 2005 (desmostylian)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Full reference: N. Inuzuka. 2005. The Stanford Skeleton of Paleoparadoxia (Mammalia: Desmostylia). Bulletin of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology 3:3-110
Belongs to Paleoparadoxia according to A. Fukuchi and S. Suzuki 2014
See also Inuzuka 2005 and Inuzuka et al. 2006
Sister taxon: Paleoparadoxia tabatai
Type specimen: NMNS PV-5601, a skeleton
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution: found only at Obara (Miocene of Japan)
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