Neoparadoxia

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

Neoparadoxia
Temporal range: Miocene
Neoparadoxia cecilialina from Orange County, CA on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles county
Scientific classification
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

References
  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), 51โ€“114
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