Crusafontia

Crusafontia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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 Mesozoic mammal.

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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