†Ashoroa laticosta Inuzuka 2000 (desmostylian)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Full reference: N. Inuzuka. 2000. Primitive late Oligocene desmostylians from Japan and Phylogeny of the Desmostylia. Bulletin of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology 1:91-123
Belongs to Ashoroa according to K. Matsui and T. Tsuihiji 2019
See also Inuzuka 2000 and Matsui 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMP21. Its type locality is Morawan (Lower Hard Shale Member), which is in a Chattian marine shale in the Morawan Formation of Japan.
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution: found only at Morawan (Lower Hard Shale Member)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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