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(Redirected from Ounalashkastylus tomidai) Extinct genus of mammals

Ounalashkastylus
Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Desmostylia
Family: †Desmostylidae
Genus: †Ounalashkastylus
Chiba et. al., 2016
Species: †O. tomidai
Binomial name
†Ounalashkastylus tomidai
Chiba et. al., 2016

Ounalashkastylus is an extinct genus of desmostylian that lived in Alaska during the Miocene epoch. It is known from a single species, Ounalashkastylus tomidai.

References

  1. Chiba, Kentaro; Fiorillo, Anthony R.; Jacobs, Louis L.; Kimura, Yuri; Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu; Kohno, Naoki; Nishida, Yosuke; Polcyn, Michael J.; Tanaka, Kohei (17 February 2016). "A new desmostylian mammal from Unalaska (USA) and the robust Sanjussen jaw from Hokkaido (Japan), with comments on feeding in derived desmostylids". Historical Biology. 28 (1–2): 289–303. doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1046718. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
Taxon identifiers
Ounalashkastylus
Ounalashkastylus tomidai


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