Crusafontia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Theria |
Order: | Dryolestida |
Family: | Dryolestidae |
Genus: | Crusafontia |
Species | |
Crusafontia cuencana (type) |
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Synonyms | |
Pocamus pepelui |
Crusafontia cuencana (type)
Henkel and Krebs 1969
Crusafontia amoae
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 2011
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.
The name of the animal has been given in honour of the Spanish paleontologist Miquel Crusafont Pairó.