Kronokotherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Desmostylia |
Family: | † Desmostylidae |
Genus: | †
Kronokotherium Pronina 1957 [1] |
Type species | |
†Kronokotherium brevimaxillare
Pronina 1957
[1] |
Kronokotherium is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal of the family Desmostylidae in the order Desmostylia.
Its type locality is Raktinskaya, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia ( 55°00′N 161°36′E / 55.0°N 161.6°E, paleocoordinates 55°42′N 163°00′E / 55.7°N 163.0°E). [2]
Kronokotherium was made a separate genus because the specimen differs from Desmostylus in the arrangement of the major molar cusps and its smaller size, [3] but it has been synonymized with Desmostylus by most authors. [1]
Kronokotherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Desmostylia |
Family: | † Desmostylidae |
Genus: | †
Kronokotherium Pronina 1957 [1] |
Type species | |
†Kronokotherium brevimaxillare
Pronina 1957
[1] |
Kronokotherium is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal of the family Desmostylidae in the order Desmostylia.
Its type locality is Raktinskaya, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia ( 55°00′N 161°36′E / 55.0°N 161.6°E, paleocoordinates 55°42′N 163°00′E / 55.7°N 163.0°E). [2]
Kronokotherium was made a separate genus because the specimen differs from Desmostylus in the arrangement of the major molar cusps and its smaller size, [3] but it has been synonymized with Desmostylus by most authors. [1]