The Desmostylia (from Greek δεσμά desma, "bundle", and στῦλος stylos, "pillar") are an extinct order of aquatic mammals native to the North Pacific from...

more possible orders are known only as fossils, namely Embrithopoda and Desmostylia. Molecular evidence indicates that Paenungulata (or at least its extant...

previously understood, hinting at a complex early evolution within the Desmostylia order. Size estimates of P. tabatai vary, with the Tsuyama specimen measuring...

to the clade, but their placement is uncertain. The enigmatic aquatic Desmostylia have also been suggested to be related to perissodactyls in some studies...

(2004). "Reinterpretation of some cranial structures of Desmostylia hesperus (Mammalia, Desmostylia): A new specimen from the Middle Miocene Tachikaraushinai...

Pyenson, N. D. (2023). "New evidence for the antiquity of Desmostylus (Desmostylia) from the Skooner Gulch Formation of California". Royal Society Open...

Panperissodactyla Family: †Phenacodontidae? Clade: †Anthracobunia Order: †Desmostylia(?) Clade: †Litopterna Clade: †Notoungulata Order: Perissodactyla Clade:...

(2013). "Bone Inner Structure Suggests Increasing Aquatic Adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria)". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e59146. Bibcode:2013PLoSO....

Afrotheria, and that delayed dentition can not be the most primitive state of Desmostylia. Skeletons of several individuals were found on western Hokkaido Island...

assemblage of elephants, sirenians, and the extinct orders Embrithopoda and Desmostylia. The extinct meridiungulate family Archaeohyracidae, consisting of seven...

Chordata Class: Mammalia Grandorder: Paenungulata Mirorder: Tethytheria McKenna 1975 Subclades and orders †Embrithopoda †Desmostylia (?) Proboscidea Sirenia...

(2013). "Bone Inner Structure Suggests Increasing Aquatic Adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria)". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e59146. Bibcode:2013PLoSO....

alongside Proboscidea (elephants), Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Embrithopoda, Desmostylia, and Afroinsectiphilia. This clade was first established by George Gaylord...

(Phenacodontidae and Meniscotheriidae) and Pantomesaxonia (Sirenia, Desmostylia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Perissodactyla) are sister groups together...

†Desmostylia? †Embrithopoda Proboscidea see Proboscidea includes elephants Sirenia see Sirenia includes dugongs and manatees...

Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia – Dr. Domning's authoritative manatee research bibliography...

(2013). "Bone Inner Structure Suggests Increasing Aquatic Adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria)". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e59146. Bibcode:2013PLoSO....

(Africa, Middle East) ?Order †Pyrotheria ?Order †Astrapotheria ?Order †Desmostylia (tentatively placed in Perissodactyla by a 2014 cladistic analysis) Order...

school. They are unique, shore dwellers belonging to the extinct order Desmostylia, and possibly related to Proboscidea or Sirenia. A rendition of a group...

This is an incomplete list of prehistoric mammals. It does not include extant mammals or recently extinct mammals. For extinct primate species, see: list...

horses and brontotheres, despite their more primitive overall appearance. Desmostylia and Anthracobunidae have traditionally been placed among the afrotheres...

†Desmostylia? †Embrithopoda Proboscidea see Proboscidea includes elephants Sirenia see Sirenia includes dugongs and manatees...

extinct family of herbivorous marine mammals belonging to the order of Desmostylia. They lived in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific Ocean from...

dugongs Family Trichechidae: manatees Infraorder Behemota Parvorder †Desmostylia Family †Desmostylidae Parvorder Proboscidea Family †Anthracobunidae Family...

phylogeny of anthracobunids from cladistic study by Cooper et al. (2014), showing them (near the bottom) placed within Perissodactyla next to Desmostylia....

"Primitive late Oligocene desmostylians from Japan and Phylogeny of the Desmostylia". Bulletin of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology. 1: 91–123. Hayashi,...

Perissodactyla, Hyracoidea, Sirenia, and Proboscidea, as well as the extinct Desmostylia, Embrithopoda, Litopterna, Notoungulata, and Astrapotheria. Prothero...

Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Desmostylia Family: †Desmostylidae Genus: †Ounalashkastylus Chiba et. al., 2016 Species:...

.A new genus and species of late Miocene Paleoparadoxiid (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions...

focuses on the conditions of the ocean and the climate Introduction to the Desmostylia Museum of Paleontology, University of California – extinct group of marine...