Tag Archive for 'Desmostylia'

An artist’s rendering of a group of Ounalashkastylus tomidai. Image credit: © Ray Troll.

New Genus, Species of Extinct Hippo-Like Mammal Identified from Unalaska Fossils

Oct 8, 2015 by News Staff

A new genus and species of desmostylian mammal that lived about 23 million years ago (early Miocene) has been identified from fossils found on Unalaska,...

This artwork shows a juvenile Neoparadoxia cecilialina in swimming posture. Image credit: Doyle V. Trankina.

Neoparadoxia cecilialina: Mysterious Prehistoric Marine Mammal Found

Oct 28, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Paleontologist from Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has described an odd new hippopotamus-like animal that lived in what is now California...