Crusafontia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dryolestida |
| Family: | †Dryolestidae |
| Genus: | †Crusafontia Henkel & Krebs, 1969 |
| Type species | |
| Crusafontia cuencana Henkel & Krebs, 1969
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Crusafontia is an extinct genus of mammal from the Cretaceous El Castellar Formation and La Huérguina Formations, Spain.[1][2]
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.
References
- ^ a b Crusafontia cuencana in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b Crusafontia amoae in the Paleobiology Database
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