Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Alternative spelling: Paleoparadoxidae
Full reference: R. H. Reinhart. 1959. A review of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36(1):1-146
Parent taxon: Desmostyloidea according to K. Matsui and T. Tsuihiji 2019
See also Barnes and Goedert 2001, Berta 2017, Boessenecker 2011, Domning 2018, Domning and Barnes 2007, Fukuchi and Suzuki 2014, Hasegawa et al. 2014, Hasegawa and Kimura 2008, Inuzuka et al. 2006, Matsui and Kawabe 2015, Matsui et al. 2018, Reinhart 1959, Rice 2009 and Saegusa 2002
Sister taxon: Desmostylidae
Subtaxa: Archaeoparadoxia Behemotopsinae Neoparadoxia Paleoparadoxia Paleoparadoxiinae
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (38 collections), Mexico (2), United States (14: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 55 collections including 60 occurrences