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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kronokotherium in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
  2. Raktinskaya (Miocene of Russian Federation) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
  3. Tomida & Ohta 2007, Discussion, p. 60

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