Ounalashkastylus
| Ounalashkastylus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Desmostylia |
| Family: | †Desmostylidae |
| Genus: | † 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.[1]
References
- ^ 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.