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
Species:	K. brevimaxillare
Binomial name
	Kronokotherium brevimaxillare; Pronina 1957

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 / 55.0; 161.6, paleocoordinates 55°42′N 163°00′E / 55.7°N 163.0°E / 55.7; 163.0).^[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. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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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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