Crusafontia

Crusafontia
Temporal range: Barremian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Dryolestidae
Genus: Crusafontia
Species

Crusafontia cuencana (type)[1]
Henkel and Krebs 1969
Crusafontia amoae[2]
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 2011

Synonyms

Pocamus pepelui

Crusafontia is an extinct genus of mammal from the EL Castellar Formation and La Huéguina Formations, Spain.

Crusafontia was a 10 cm (4 in) long creature that may have looked and lived like a squirrel, but this is uncertain, as only a few teeth have ever been found.[3]

The name of the animal has been given in honour of the Spanish paleontologist Miquel Crusafont Pairó.

References

  1. ↑ Crusafontia cuencana in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ Crusafontia amoae in the Paleobiology Database
  3. ↑ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 200. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
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