| Kronokotherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Desmostylia |
| Family: | †Desmostylidae |
| Genus: | †Kronokotherium Pronina 1957[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Kronokotherium brevimaxillare Pronina 1957[1] | |
Kronokotherium is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal of the family Desmostylidae in the order Desmostylia.
Its type locality is Raktinskaya, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (55°00′N 161°36′E / 55.0°N 161.6°E, paleocoordinates 55°42′N 163°00′E / 55.7°N 163.0°E).[2]
Kronokotherium was made a separate genus because the specimen differs from Desmostylus in the arrangement of the major molar cusps and its smaller size,[3] but it has been synonymized with Desmostylus by most authors.[1]
- ^ a b c Kronokotherium in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 2013.
- ^ Raktinskaya (Miocene of Russian Federation) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ Tomida & Ohta 2007, Discussion, p. 60