Drescheratherium
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]
| Drescheratherium Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dryolestida |
| Family: | †Paurodontidae |
| Genus: | †Drescheratherium Krebs, 1998 |
| Species: | †D. acutum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Drescheratherium acutum Krebs, 1998 | |
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. Bibcode:2011Natur.479...98R. doi:10.1038/nature10591. PMID 22051679. S2CID 4380850. Supplementary information
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