Archaeoparadoxia weltoni Clark 1991 (desmostylian)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae

Alternative combination: Paleoparadoxia weltoni

Full reference: J. M. Clark. 1991. A new early Miocene species of Paleoparadoxia (Mammalia: Desmostylia) from California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(4):490-508

Belongs to Archaeoparadoxia according to K. Matsui and T. Tsuihiji 2019

See also Barnes 2013, Clark 1991, Domning 1996, Domning 2008 and Matsui 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 114285, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Skooner Gulch I, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Skooner Gulch Formation of California.

Ecology: amphibious herbivore

Distribution: found only at Skooner Gulch I

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