Parataxidea
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| Parataxidea Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Parataxidea Zdansky, 1924 |
Parataxidea is an extinct genus of mustelid that lived in Eurasia during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]P. sinensis is known from fossils found in China.[1] P. maraghana is known from Turkey.[2]
Palaeopathology
[edit | edit source]A Parataxidea sp. specimen has been found in the Liushu Formation displaying evidence of ossifying fibroma.[3]
References
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