Neoparadoxia Barnes 2013 (desmostylian)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae

Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 2013. A new genus and species of Late Miocene paleoparadoxiid (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from California. Contributions in Science 521:51-114

Parent taxon: Paleoparadoxiidae according to K. Matsui and T. Tsuihiji 2019

See also Asai et al. 2025, Barnes 2013, Berta 2017, Domning 2018 and Matsui 2017

Sister taxa: Archaeoparadoxia, Behemotopsinae, Paleoparadoxia, Paleoparadoxiinae

Subtaxa: Neoparadoxia cecilialina Neoparadoxia repenningi

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Ecology: amphibious herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: California)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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