Cornwallius

Cornwallius
Cornwallius
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: Desmostylia
Family: Desmostylidae
Genus: Cornwallius
Hay, 1923
Species: C. sookensis
Binomial name
Cornwallius sookensis
(Cornwall, 1922)

Cornwallius is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal of the family Desmostylidae. Cornwallius lived along the North American Pacific Coast from the Chattian stage of the Early Oligocene through the Oligocene (28.4 mya—20.6 Mya) and existing for approximately 7.8 million years.[1]

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Taxonomy

Cornwallius was named by Hay (1923). Its type is Desmostylus sookensis.

Fossil dfistribution

Like Desmostylus, fossils have been discovered from Baja, Mexico, Oregon and Washington coasts, and Aleutians West County, Alaska.

Sister genera

Behemotops, Desmostylus, Kronokotherium, Paleoparadoxia, Vanderhoofius.

Reference

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database: Cornwallius basic info.
  • Beatty, B.L. 2006. Rediscovered specimens of Cornwallius (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Vertebrate Palaeontology 1 (1): 1-6.
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