Parataxidea

Parataxidea Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Mustelidae
Genus:	† Parataxidea Zdansky, 1924

Parataxidea is an extinct genus of mustelid that lived in Eurasia during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene.

Distribution

P. sinensis is known from fossils found in China. ^[1] P. maraghana is known from Turkey. ^[2]

Palaeopathology

A Parataxidea sp. specimen has been found in the Liushu Formation displaying evidence of ossifying fibroma. ^[3]

References

1. 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.
2. Konidaris, George E.; Aytek, Ahmet Ihsan; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Yavuz, Alper Yener; Tarhan, Erhan; Alçiçek, Mehmet Cihat; Uyar, Nail; Harvati, Katerina (23 July 2025). "Kayaca, a new vertebrate locality from the Upper Miocene of Türkiye and its importance for the Turolian biogeography of the eastern peri-Mediterranean region". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. doi:10.1007/s12549-025-00666-1. ISSN   1867-1594 . Retrieved 13 August 2025– via Springer Nature Link.
3. Wang, Donghao; Xing, Lida; Rothschild, Bruce M.; Persons, Walter Scott; Liu, Jian (3 July 2023). "A palaeopathological specimen of the Late Miocene Parataxidea sp. (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Linxia Basin, China" . Historical Biology . 35 (7): 1255–1260. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2086802. ISSN   0891-2963 . Retrieved 11 November 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.