- The
Desmostylia (from Gr**** 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...
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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...
- (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...
- to the clade, but
their placement is uncertain. The
enigmatic aquatic Desmostylia have also been
suggested to be
related to
perissodactyls in some studies...
-
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....
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Chordata class:
Mammalia Grandorder:
Paenungulata Mirorder:
Tethytheria McKenna 1975
Subclades and
orders †Embrithopoda †
Desmostylia (?)
Proboscidea Sirenia...
- ****emblage of elephants, sirenians, and the
extinct orders Embrithopoda and
Desmostylia. The
extinct meridiungulate family Archaeohyracidae,
consisting of seven...
