Cornwallius Explained

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 .^{[1] [2]}

The type locality is the Chattian Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (paleocoordinates).

Cornwallius was named by . Its type is Desmostylus sookensis, named by and recombined to Cornwallius sookensis by .^[3]

Fossils have been discovered from Baja California Peninsula, Oregon and Washington coasts, and Unalaska Island.

References

• Beatty . Brian Lee . Rediscovered specimens of Cornwallius (Mammalia, Desmostylia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada . 2006a . Vertebrate Palaeontology . 1 . 1 . 1–6 . 16 June 2013 .
• Beatty . Brian Lee . Specimens of Cornwallius sookensis (Desmostylia, Mammalia) from Unalaska Island, Alaska . 2006b . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 26 . 3 . 785–87 . 4524623 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[785:socsdm]2.0.co;2. 85919379 .
• Cornwall . I. E. . Some Notes on the Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, B.C. . 1922 . Canadian Field-Naturalist . 36 . 7 . 121–23 . 10.5962/p.338167 .
• Hay . O. P. . Oliver Perry Hay . Characteristics of sundry fossil vertebrates . 1923 . Pan-American Geologist . 39 . 101–20 . 38855496 .

Notes and References

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