Kronokotherium

Kronokotherium; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Desmostylia
Family:	†Desmostylidae
Genus:	†Kronokotherium; Pronina 1957
Type species
	Kronokotherium brevimaxillare Pronina 1957;

Kronokotherium is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal of the family Desmostylidae in the order Desmostylia.

Its type locality is , 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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Kronokotherium in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
^ Raktinskaya (Miocene of Russian Federation) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 16 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". C. R. 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 16 June 2013.

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[Paleodb-71792-1] Kronokotherium in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.

[2] Raktinskaya (Miocene of Russian Federation) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

[3] Tomida & Ohta 2007, Discussion, p. 60

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