dread-doughnuts:The fossil of Paleoparadoxia tabatai, arguably one of the most bizarre extinct marin
dread-doughnuts:The fossil of Paleoparadoxia tabatai, arguably one of the most bizarre extinct marine mammals. It belonged to the order Desmostylia (which is now entirely extinct) and was fully aquatic. Despite a superficial resemblance to a hippo it wasn’t closely related to Whippomorphs, rather it’s thought to either be related to elephants and seacows or odd-toed ungulates such as rhinos. Paleoparadoxia became extinct around 10 million years ago. -- source link