Kronokotherium
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Kronokotherium Temporal range: Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Order: | Desmostylia |
| Family: | Desmostylidae |
| Genus: |
Kronokotherium Pronina 1957 |
| Species: | K. brevimaxillare |
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Kronokotherium brevimaxillare Pronina 1957 |
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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).
Kronokotherium was made a separate genus because the specimen differs from Desmostylus in the arrangement of the major molar cusps and its smaller size, but it has been synonymized with Desmostylus by most authors.
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