Crusafontia

Name: Crusafontia ‭(‬After the palaeontologists Miquel Crusafont Pairo‭)‬.
Phonetic: Cru-sa-fon-tee-ah.
Named By: Henkel and Krebs‭ ‬-‭ ‬1969.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Dryolestida,‭ ‬Dryolestidae.
Species: C.‭ ‬cuencana‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Ominvore‭?
Size: Uncertain due to incomplete remains,‭ ‬though estimated at around‭ ‬10‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: Spain.
Time period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Teeth.

       Although so far only known from teeth,‭ ‬Crusafontia is thought to have been a squirrel-like mammal.‭ ‬This idea however is based upon comparison to other similar mammals with similar teeth known from this time.

Further reading
- Zwei Saugetier-Unterkiefer aus der Unteren Kreide von Una (Prov. Cuenca, Spanien). 1969:449-462. - S. Henkel and B. Krebs. 1969. Zwei Saugetier-Unterkiefer aus der Unteren Kreide von Una (Prov. Cuenca, Spanien). 1969:449-462 - 1969.
- New dryolestidan mammal from the Hauterivian–Barremian transition of the Iberian Peninsula. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(2):257-267. - G. Cuenca-Bescos, A. Badiola, J. I. Canudo, J. M. Gasca & M. Moreno-Azanza - 2011.

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