Cornwallius
| Cornwallius Temporal range: Late Oligocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Order: | Desmostylia |
| Family: | Desmostylidae |
| Genus: | Cornwallius Hay 1923 |
| Species: | C. sookensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cornwallius sookensis Cornwall 1922 | |
Cornwallius is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal of the family Desmostylidae. Cornwallius lived along the North American Pacific Coast from the Early Oligocene (Chattian) through the Oligocene (28.4 mya—20.6 Mya) and existing for approximately 7.8 million years.[1][2]
The type locality is the Chattian Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (48°24′N 123°54′W / 48.4°N 123.9°W, paleocoordinates 48°00′N 115°00′W / 48.0°N 115.0°W).[2]
Cornwallius was named by Hay 1923. Its type is Desmostylus sookensis, named by Cornwall 1922 and recombined to Cornwallius sookensis by Hay 1923.[3]
Fossils have been discovered from Baja, Mexico, Oregon and Washington coasts, and Unalaska Island.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Cornwallius in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muir Creek (Oligocene of Canada) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
- ↑ Cornwallius sookensis in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
- ↑ Beatty 2006b
References
- Beatty, Brian Lee (2006a). "Rediscovered specimens of Cornwallius (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada". Vertebrate Palaeontology 1 (1): 1–6. Retrieved June 2013.
- Beatty, Brian Lee (2006b). "Specimens of Cornwallius sookensis (Desmostylia, Mammalia) from Unalaska Island, Alaska". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (3): 785–87. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[785:socsdm]2.0.co;2. Retrieved June 2013.
- Cornwall, I. E. (1922). "Some Notes on the Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, B.C.". Canadian Field Naturalist 36: 121–23.
- Hay, O. P. (1923). "Characteristics of sundry fossil vertebrates". Pan-American Geologist 39: 101–20. OCLC 38855496.