| Kronokotherium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Desmostylia |
| Family: | †Desmostylidae |
| Genus: | †Kronokotherium Pronina 1957[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Kronokotherium brevimaxillarePronina 1957[1] | |
Kronokotherium is an extinctherbivorousmarine mammal of thefamilyDesmostylidae in theorderDesmostylia.
Its type locality isRaktinskaya,Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (55°00′N161°36′E / 55.0°N 161.6°E /55.0; 161.6, paleocoordinates55°42′N163°00′E / 55.7°N 163.0°E /55.7; 163.0).[2]
Kronokotherium was made a separategenus because the specimen differs fromDesmostylus in the arrangement of the majormolar cusps and its smaller size,[3] but it has been synonymized withDesmostylus by most authors.[1]
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