†Neoparadoxia cecilialina Barnes 2013 (desmostylian)
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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
Belongs to Neoparadoxia according to K. Matsui and T. Tsuihiji 2019
See also Barnes 2013 and Matsui 2017
Sister taxon: Neoparadoxia repenningi
Type specimen: LACM 150150, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Aliso Viejo, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian slope/ramp reef siltstone/diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution: found only at Aliso Viejo
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