Drescheratherium
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Drescheratherium acutum Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Genus: | Drescheratherium Krebs, 1998
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Drescheratherium is an extinct genus of mammal from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Camadas de Guimarota of Leiria, Portugal. It is represented by fairly complete upper jaws with teeth.[1] It bears elongated upper canines, though not to the extent another dryolestoid, Cronopio, does.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Krebs, Bernard (1998). "Drescheratherium acutum gen. et sp. nov., ein neuer Eupantotherier (Mammalia) aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal". Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (28): 91–111.
- ^ Rougier, Guillermo W.; Apesteguía, Sebastián; Gaetano, Leandro C. (2011). "Highly specialized mammalian skulls from the Late Cretaceous of South America". Nature. 479 (7371): 98–102. doi:10.1038/nature10591. PMID 22051679. Supplementary information