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Neoparadoxia

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Neoparadoxia
Temporal range: Miocene
Neoparadoxia cecilialina from Orange County, CA on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles county
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Desmostylia
Family: Paleoparadoxiidae
Genus: Neoparadoxia
Barnes, 2013
Type species
Paleoparadoxia repenningi
Species
  • N. repenningi Domning and Barnes, 2007
  • N. cecilialina Barnes, 2013

Neoparadoxia is an extinct genus of large, herbivorous aquatic desmostylian mammals from the Miocene Ladera and Monterey Formations of North America.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Barnes, L.. (2013, September 11) .A new genus and species of late Miocene Paleoparadoxiid (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science, (521), 51–114