Cornwallius
| Cornwallius 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: | †Cornwallius Hay 1923 |
| Species: | †C. sookensis
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| †Cornwallius sookensis | |
Cornwallius is an extinct
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
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. 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.
- OCLC 38855496.
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