| Cornwallius Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Desmostylia |
| Family: | † Desmostylidae |
| Genus: | †
Cornwallius Hay 1923 |
| Species: | †C. sookensis
|
| Binomial name | |
| †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) through the Oligocene (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 ( 48°24′N 123°54′W / 48.4°N 123.9°W, paleocoordinates 48°00′N 115°00′W / 48.0°N 115.0°W). [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
- ^ 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
References
- Beatty, Brian Lee (2006a). "Rediscovered specimens of Cornwallius (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada" (PDF). Vertebrate Palaeontology. 1 (1): 1–6. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- Beatty, Brian Lee (2006b). "Specimens of Cornwallius sookensis (Desmostylia, Mammalia) from Unalaska Island, Alaska". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 785–87. doi: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[785:socsdm]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4524623. S2CID 85919379.
- Cornwall, I. E. (1922). "Some Notes on the Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, B.C.". Canadian Field-Naturalist. 36 (7): 121–23. doi: 10.5962/p.338167.
- Hay, O. P. (1923). "Characteristics of sundry fossil vertebrates". Pan-American Geologist. 39: 101–20. OCLC 38855496.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | This prehistoric mammal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |