†Ounalashkastylus Chiba et al. 2016 (desmostylian)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Full reference: K. Chiba, A. R. Fiorillo, L. L. Jacobs, Y. Kimura, Y. Kobayashi, N. Kohno, Y. Nishida, M. J. Polcyn, and K. Tanaka. 2016. A new desmostylian mammal from Unalaska (USA) and the robust Sanjussen jaw from Hokkaido (Japan), with comments on feeding in derived desmostylids. Historical Biology 28(1-2):289-303
Parent taxon: Desmostylidae according to K. Matsui and T. Tsuihiji 2019
See also Berta 2017, Chiba et al. 2016 and Domning 2018
Sister taxa: Ashoroa, Cornwallius, Desmostylus, Vanderhoofius
Subtaxa: Ounalashkastylus tomidai
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution: found only at Arriaga Quarry (Miocene of Alaska)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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