Desmostylidae
Extinct family of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Desmostylidae is an extinct family of herbivorous marine mammals belonging to the order of Desmostylia. They lived in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific Ocean from the Early Oligocene (Rupelian) through the Late Miocene (Tortonian) (33.9 mya—7.2 MYA) [1][2] existing for approximately 26.7 million years.
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Desmostylidae | |
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Desmostylus, Royal Ontario Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Desmostylia |
Family: | †Desmostylidae Osborn 1905 |
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