The Desmostylia (from Greek δεσμά desma, "bundle", and στῦλος stylos, "pillar") are an extinct order of aquatic mammals native to the North Pacific from...
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more possible orders are known only as fossils, namely Embrithopoda and Desmostylia. Molecular evidence indicates that Paenungulata (or at least its extant...
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to the clade, but their placement is uncertain. The enigmatic aquatic Desmostylia have also been suggested to be related to perissodactyls in some studies...
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Panperissodactyla Family: †Phenacodontidae? Clade: †Anthracobunia Order: †Desmostylia(?) Clade: †Litopterna Clade: †Notoungulata Order: Perissodactyla Clade:...
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(2013). "Bone Inner Structure Suggests Increasing Aquatic Adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria)". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e59146. Bibcode:2013PLoSO....
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previously understood, hinting at a complex early evolution within the Desmostylia order. Size estimates of P. tabatai vary, with the Tsuyama specimen measuring...
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(Phenacodontidae and Meniscotheriidae) and Pantomesaxonia (Sirenia, Desmostylia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Perissodactyla) are sister groups together...
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(2004). "Reinterpretation of some cranial structures of Desmostylia hesperus (Mammalia, Desmostylia): A new specimen from the Middle Miocene Tachikaraushinai...
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Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia – Dr. Domning's authoritative manatee research bibliography...
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(2013). "Bone Inner Structure Suggests Increasing Aquatic Adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria)". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e59146. Bibcode:2013PLoSO....
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assemblage of elephants, sirenians, and the extinct orders Embrithopoda and Desmostylia. The extinct meridiungulate family Archaeohyracidae, consisting of seven...
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Pyenson, N. D. (2023). "New evidence for the antiquity of Desmostylus (Desmostylia) from the Skooner Gulch Formation of California". Royal Society Open...
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Afrotheria, and that delayed dentition can not be the most primitive state of Desmostylia. Skeletons of several individuals were found on western Hokkaido Island...
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extinct family of herbivorous marine mammals belonging to the order of Desmostylia. They lived in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific Ocean from...
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alongside Proboscidea (elephants), Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Embrithopoda, Desmostylia, and Afroinsectiphilia. This clade was first established by George Gaylord...
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Chordata Class: Mammalia Grandorder: Paenungulata Mirorder: Tethytheria McKenna 1975 Subclades and orders †Embrithopoda †Desmostylia (?) Proboscidea Sirenia...
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(2013). "Bone Inner Structure Suggests Increasing Aquatic Adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria)". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e59146. Bibcode:2013PLoSO....
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.A new genus and species of late Miocene Paleoparadoxiid (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions...
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This is an incomplete list of prehistoric mammals. It does not include extant mammals or recently extinct mammals. For extinct primate species, see: list...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Desmostylia Family: †Desmostylidae Genus: †Ounalashkastylus Chiba et. al., 2016 Species:...
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school. They are unique, shore dwellers belonging to the extinct order Desmostylia, and possibly related to Proboscidea or Sirenia. A rendition of a group...
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(Africa, Middle East) ?Order †Pyrotheria ?Order †Astrapotheria ?Order †Desmostylia (tentatively placed in Perissodactyla by a 2014 cladistic analysis) Order...
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horses and brontotheres, despite their more primitive overall appearance. Desmostylia and Anthracobunidae have traditionally been placed among the afrotheres...
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Brian Lee (2006a). "Rediscovered specimens of Cornwallius (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada" (PDF). Vertebrate Palaeontology...
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†Desmostylia? †Embrithopoda Proboscidea see Proboscidea includes elephants Sirenia see Sirenia includes dugongs and manatees...
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†Desmostylia? †Embrithopoda Proboscidea see Proboscidea includes elephants Sirenia see Sirenia includes dugongs and manatees...
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†Desmostylia? †Embrithopoda Proboscidea see Proboscidea includes elephants Sirenia see Sirenia includes dugongs and manatees...
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dugongs Family Trichechidae: manatees Infraorder Behemota Parvorder †Desmostylia Family †Desmostylidae Parvorder Proboscidea Family †Anthracobunidae Family...
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†Desmostylia? †Embrithopoda Proboscidea see Proboscidea includes elephants Sirenia see Sirenia includes dugongs and manatees...
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focuses on the conditions of the ocean and the climate Introduction to the Desmostylia Museum of Paleontology, University of California – extinct group of marine...
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