Parataxidea

Parataxidea Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
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

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

Palaeopathology

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

References

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.