Alternative spelling: Kronotherium
Full reference: I. G. Pronina. 1957. A new representative of Desmostylides Kronokotherium brevimaxillare gen. nov. sp. nov. from Miocene deposits at the Kamchatka Peninsula. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, NS 117:310-312
Parent taxon: Desmostylia according to D. P. Domning 2008
See also Barnes and Goedert 2001, Berta 2017, Domning 1996, Domning 2018, Inuzuka 2000, Inuzuka et al. 1995, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell and Repenning 1963, Pronina 1957 and Shikama 1966
Sister taxa: Behemotops, Cornwalliidae, Desmostyloidea, Jamilcotatus, Seuku
Subtaxa: Kronokotherium brevimaxillare
Type: Kronokotherium brevimaxillare
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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