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Desmostylus sp.

genus Desmostylus Marsh, 1888

• Extinct species: early - late Miocene (20.4 - 7.2 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Desmostylia, family Desmostylidae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Hokkaido, Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Gifu, Kyoto, Shimane
• Pliocene: Hokkaido
• Investigation in progress: Saitama (Miocene?)

• Subtaxa
• D. japonicus