Kronokotherium
| Kronokotherium Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Order: | Desmostylia |
| Family: | Desmostylidae |
| Genus: | Kronokotherium Pronina 1957[1] |
| Binomial name | |
| K. brevimaxillare Pronina 1957[1] | |
Kronokotherium is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal of the genus Desmostylia of the family Desmostylidae.
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]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kronokotherium in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
- ↑ Raktinskaya (Miocene of Russian Federation) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
- ↑ Tomida & Ohta 2007, Discussion, p. 60
References
- Pronina, I. G. (1957). "A new desmostylid, Kronokotherium brevimaxillare gen. nov., sp. nov., from the Miocene deposits of Kamchatka". CR Acad. Sci. URSS 117: 310–12.
- Tomida, Yukimitsu; Ohta, Toshikazu (2007). "Discovery of a Desmostylian Tooth from Kitami City, Northeastern Hokkaido, Japan" (PDF). Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 6: 57–61. Retrieved June 2013.