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

Belongs to Ounalashkastylus according to K. Chiba et al. 2016

See also Matsui and Tsuihiji 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MOTA 2001.009.03, a mandible (nearly complete left dentary with C1, P4 root, M1, and M2). Its type locality is Arriaga Quarry, which is in an Aquitanian marine conglomerate in the Unalaska Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: amphibious herbivore

Distribution: found only at Arriaga Quarry

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.