Parataxidea
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
Distribution
[edit]P. sinensis is known from fossils found in China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.