Neoparadoxia
| Neoparadoxia Temporal range:
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| N. cecilialina holotype at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Desmostylia |
| Family: | †Paleoparadoxiidae |
| Genus: | †Neoparadoxia Barnes, 2013 |
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| †Neoparadoxia cecilialina Barnes, 2013
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Neoparadoxia is an extinct genus of large, herbivorous aquatic desmostylian mammals from the Miocene Ladera and Monterey Formations of North America.The name comes from the Latin "Neo", meaning new, and Paleoparadoxia, a related genus of desmostylian.