†family Paleoparadoxiidae Reinhart 1959 (desmostylian)
Mammalia - Desmostylia - Paleoparadoxiidae
Alternative spelling: Paleoparadoxidae
Full reference: R. H. Reinhart. 1959. A review of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36(1):1-146
Parent taxon: Desmostylia according to D. P. Domning and L. G. Barnes 2007
Sister taxa: Behemotopsidae, Cornwalliidae, Desmostylidae, Kronokotherium
Subtaxa: Paleoparadoxia
Ecology: aquatic herbivore