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.