Archaeoparadoxia

Archaeoparadoxia
Temporal range:
Holotype mandible of A. weltoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Desmostylia
Family: Paleoparadoxiidae
Genus: Archaeoparadoxia
Barnes, 2013
Species
  • A. weltoni (Clark, 1991)
Synonyms
  • Paleoparadoxia weltoni

Archaeoparadoxia is a genus of desmostylian mammal from late Oligocene California. The name derives from the Archaic Greek "archaio" (meaning "from the beginning") and the name of another genus of desmostylian, Paleoparadoxia.