Ashoroa

Ashoroa
Temporal range: Chattian
~28–23 Ma
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Mounted skeleton in Hokkaido University Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Desmostylia
Family: †Paleoparadoxiidae
Genus: †Ashoroa
Inuzuka, 2000[1]
Species:
†A. laticosta
Binomial name
†Ashoroa laticosta
Inuzuka, 2000

Ashoroa (named after its type locality Ashoro, Hokkaido) is an extinct genus of desmostylian, aquatic, herbivorous mammal. Fossils of Ashoroa have been found in the Morawan Formation on Hokkaido, Japan (43°18′N 143°48′E / 43.3°N 143.8°E / 43.3; 143.8, paleocoordinates 44°36′N 141°24′E / 44.6°N 141.4°E / 44.6; 141.4) and were dated to the late Oligocene.[2]

  1. ^ Ashoroa laticosta in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 2013
  2. ^ Morawan (Lower Hard Shale Member) (Oligocene of Japan) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 2013.