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Ashoroa
2029620296Ashoroa (†Ashoroa (Inuzuka, 2000))
Order: †Desmostylia
Family: †Paleoparadoxiidae
Dimensions: length - 1,6 m, weight ~ 150 kg
Temporal range: during the late Oligocene of Japan (~28–23 Mya)
A typical representative: †Ashoroa laticosta
Ashoroa is an extinct genus of desmostylian, aquatic, herbivorous mammal. Fossils of Ashoroa have been found on Hokkaido (Morawan Formation), Japan and were dated to the late Oligocene.
Ashoroa is the smallest and one of the oldest desmostylians.
Hayashi et al. 2013 interpreted Ashoroa, together with Behemotops and Paleoparadoxia. as a "shallow water swimmer, either hovering slowly at a preferred depth, or walking on the bottom".
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Ashoroa (†Ashoroa (Inuzuka, 2000))
Order: †Desmostylia
Family: †Paleoparadoxiidae
Dimensions: length - 1,6 m, weight ~ 150 kg
Temporal range: during the late Oligocene of Japan (~28–23 Mya)
A typical representative: †Ashoroa laticosta
Ashoroa is an extinct genus of desmostylian, aquatic, herbivorous mammal. Fossils of Ashoroa have been found on Hokkaido (Morawan Formation), Japan and were dated to the late Oligocene.
Ashoroa is the smallest and one of the oldest desmostylians.
Hayashi et al. 2013 interpreted Ashoroa, together with Behemotops and Paleoparadoxia. as a "shallow water swimmer, either hovering slowly at a preferred depth, or walking on the bottom".
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-346x277.jpg "Desmostylus hesperus")
