Archaeoparadoxia
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| Archaeoparadoxia Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype mandible of A. weltoni | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Desmostylia |
| Family: | †Paleoparadoxiidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeoparadoxia Barnes, 2013 |
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Archaeoparadoxia is a genus of desmostylian mammal from late Oligocene California.[1] The name derives from the Archaic Greek "archaio" (meaning "from the beginning") and the name of another genus of desmostylian, Paleoparadoxia.[2]
