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Crustulus

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.

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Crustulus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: †Pantodonta
Genus: †Crustulus
Clemens, 2017
Species:
†C. fontanus
Binomial name
†Crustulus fontanus
Clemens, 2017

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

Description

Crustulus has been noted as having very similar dentistry to Alcidedorbignya.2

Crustulus fontanus is one of the smallest known paleodonts.3

References

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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