Desmostylia

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Desmostylia (from Greek "desma", bundle, and "stylos", pillar) is an extinct order of aquatic mammals that existed from the late Oligocene (Arikareean) to the late Miocene (Tortonian) (30.8 to 7.25 million years ago).Desmostylians are the only extinct order of marine mammals.
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Paleoparadoxia

phylum Chordata Paleoparadoxia ("ancient paradox") is a genus of large, herbivorous aquatic mammals that inhabited the northern Pacific coastal region during the Miocene epoch (20 to 10 million years ago). It ranged from the waters of Japan (Tsuyama and Yanagawa), to Alaska in the north, and down to Baja California, Mexico. Paleoparadoxia was about 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) long.

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class Mammalia
order Desmostylia
family Paleoparadoxiidae
genus Paleoparadoxia
Temporal range Miocene