Crustulus

Crustulus
Temporal range: Early Palaeocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
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.

Description

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

Crustulus fontanus is one of the smallest known paleodonts.

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.