Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914 (desmostylian)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae

Alternative combination: Desmostylus hesperus japonicus

Full reference: S. Tokunaga and C. Iwasaki. 1914. Notes on Desmostylus japonicus. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 21(255):33

Belongs to Desmostylus according to K. Matsui and T. Tsuihiji 2019

See also Domning 1996, Dubrovo and Sinel'nikova 1971, Hasegawa et al. 1995, Kamei and Okazaki 1974, Kohno 2000, Reinhart 1959, Sakurai 2009, Shikama 1966 and VanderHoof 1937

Sister taxon: Desmostylus hesperus

Type specimen: NMNS PV-5600, a partial skull. Its type locality is Bogahora Valley, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Akeyo Formation of Japan.

Ecology: amphibious herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (27 collections), the Russian Federation (5), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Japan (2)

Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences

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