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Parataxidea

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Parataxidea
Temporal range: Neogene
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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P. sinensis is known from fossils found in China.[1]

Palaeopathology

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A Parataxidea sp. specimen has been found in the Liushu Formation displaying evidence of ossifying fibroma.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Wang, Shi-Qi; Sun, Jimin; Li, Chunxiao; Li, Shi-Jie; Fu, Jiao; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Xing, Luda; Yang, Rong (January 2023). "Discovery of a fossil dwarf antelope outside of Africa and its implications for the late Miocene ecosystem in the northeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau". Gondwana Research. 113: 102–115. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2022.10.012. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  2. ^ Wang, Donghao; Xing, Lida; Rothschild, Bruce M.; Persons, Walter Scott; Liu, Jian (3 July 2023). "A palaeopathological specimen of the Late Miocene Parataxidea sp. (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Linxia Basin, China". Historical Biology. 35 (7): 1255–1260. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2086802. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 11 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.