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Kronokotherium
Taxonomy
Kronokotherium was named by Pronina (1957). Its type is Kronokotherium brevimaxillare.
It was synonymized subjectively with Desmostylus by Mitchell and Repenning (1963), Domning (1996); it was misspelled as Kronotherium by Shikama (1966), Inuzuka et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Inuzuka (2000), Barnes and Goedert (2001), Domning (2008), Berta (2017), Domning (2018).
It was assigned to Desmostylia by Domning (2008); to Desmostylia by Berta (2017); and to Desmostylidae by Pronina (1957), Shikama (1966), Inuzuka et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Inuzuka (2000), Barnes and Goedert (2001), Domning (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Desmostylus by Mitchell and Repenning (1963), Domning (1996); it was misspelled as Kronotherium by Shikama (1966), Inuzuka et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Inuzuka (2000), Barnes and Goedert (2001), Domning (2008), Berta (2017), Domning (2018).
It was assigned to Desmostylia by Domning (2008); to Desmostylia by Berta (2017); and to Desmostylidae by Pronina (1957), Shikama (1966), Inuzuka et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Inuzuka (2000), Barnes and Goedert (2001), Domning (2018).
Species
K. brevimaxillare (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Kronokotherium Pronina p. 312 |
| 1966 | Kronotherium Shikama p. 166 |
| 1995 | Kronokotherium Inuzuka et al. p. 524 |
| 1997 | Kronokotherium McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 2000 | Kronokotherium Inuzuka p. 93 |
| 2001 | Kronokotherium Barnes and Goedert p. 18 |
| 2008 | Kronokotherium Domning p. 643 |
| 2017 | Kronokotherium Berta p. 171 |
| 2018 | Kronokotherium Domning p. 251 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available