Crustulus is an extinct genus of pantodont that lived in what is now Montana during the Early Palaeocene. It is known from a single species, Crustulus fontanus.[1]
| Crustulus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Pantodonta |
| Genus: | †Crustulus Clemens, 2017 |
| Species: | †C. fontanus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Crustulus fontanus Clemens, 2017 | |
Description
editCrustulus has been noted as having very similar dentistry to Alcidedorbignya.[2]
Crustulus fontanus is one of the smallest known paleodonts.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Clemens, William A. (17 February 2018). "A pantodont (Mammalia) from the latest Puercan North American Land Mammal Age (earliest Paleocene) of the Western Interior, USA". Historical Biology. 30 (1–2): 183–188. Bibcode:2018HBio...30..183C. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1276178. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ de Muizon, Christian; Ladevèze, Sandrine (31 December 2020). "Cranial anatomy of Andinodelphys cochabambensis, a stem metatherian from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia". Geodiversitas. 42 (30). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a30.
- ↑ de Muizon, Christian; Ladevèze, Sandrine (31 December 2020). "Cranial anatomy of Andinodelphys cochabambensis, a stem metatherian from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia". Geodiversitas. 42 (30). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a30.
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