Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Alternative combination: Desmostylus sookensis
Full reference: I. A. Cornwall. 1922. Some notes on the Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, B.C. Canadian Field Naturalist 36(7):121-123
Belongs to Cornwallius according to B. L. Beatty 2009
See also Beatty 2023, Clark and Arnold 1923, Cornwall 1922, Domning 1996, Domning 2008, Hay 1923, Hay 1930, Matsui and Tsuihiji 2019, Reinhart 1959, Shikama 1966, VanderHoof 1937 and VanderHoof 1942
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BCPM 486, a tooth. Its type locality is Kirby Creek, east, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of Mexico (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Canada (3: British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (4: Alaska, Oregon)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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