Parataxidea
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| Scientific 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
P. sinensis is known from fossils found in China.[1] P. maraghana is known from Turkey.[2]
Palaeopathology
A Parataxidea sp. specimen has been found in the Liushu Formation displaying evidence of ossifying fibroma.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Konidaris, George E.; Aytek, Ahmet Ihsan; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Yavuz, Alper Yener; Tarhan, Erhan; Alçiçek, Mehmet Cihat; Uyar, Nail; Harvati, Katerina (23 July 2025). "Kayaca, a new vertebrate locality from the Upper Miocene of Türkiye and its importance for the Turolian biogeography of the eastern peri-Mediterranean region". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. doi:10.1007/s12549-025-00666-1. ISSN 1867-1594. Retrieved 13 August 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
- ^ 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.