Crusafontia
Crusafontia is an extinct genus of mammal from the Cretaceous Camarillas, El Castellar and La Huérguina Formations of Spain.[1][2]
Crusafontia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Dryolestida |
Family: | †Dryolestidae |
Genus: | †Crusafontia Henkel & Krebs, 1969 |
Type species | |
Crusafontia cuencana Henkel & Krebs, 1969 | |
Other species | |
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Crusafontia was a 10 cm (3.9 in) long creature that may have looked and lived like a squirrel, but this is uncertain, as only two teeth (an upper molar right P5) and a mandible have ever been found.[1][2]
The name of the animal has been given in honour of the Spanish paleontologist Miquel Crusafont Pairó.
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