Cornwallius
| Cornwallius Temporal range:
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Desmostylia |
| Family: | †Desmostylidae |
| Genus: | †Cornwallius Hay 1923 |
| Species: | †C. sookensis
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| †Cornwallius sookensis | |
Cornwallius is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal of the family Desmostylidae. Cornwallius lived along the North American Pacific Coast from the Early Oligocene (Chattian) into the Early Miocene (28.4 mya—20.6 Mya) and existing for approximately 7.8 million years.[1][2]
The type locality is the Chattian Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found., paleocoordinates Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[2]
Cornwallius was named by Hay 1923. Its type is Desmostylus sookensis, named by Cornwall 1922 and recombined to Cornwallius sookensis by Hay 1923.[3]
Fossils have been discovered from Baja California Peninsula, Oregon and Washington coasts, and Unalaska Island.[4]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Cornwallius in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ a b Muir Creek (Oligocene of Canada) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ Cornwallius sookensis in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ Beatty 2006b
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