Orretherium
Appearance
Orretherium Temporal range:Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | †Meridiolestida |
Family: | †Mesungulatidae |
Genus: | †Orretherium Martinelliet al.,2021 |
Species: | †O. tzen
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†Orretherium tzen Martinelliet al.,2021
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Orretherium(meaning "Five teeth beast"; in part from theAonikenklanguage) is a genus ofmesungulatidmammalthat lived inSouth America(Chile) during theLate Cretaceousperiodin what is now theDorotea Formation.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^Martinelli, A. G.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Goin, F. J.; Kaluza, J.; Bostelmann, J. E.; Fonseca, P. H. M. F.; Reguero, M. A.; Leppe, M.; Vargas, A. O. (2021)."New cladotherian mammal from southern Chile and the evolution of mesungulatid meridiolestidans at the dusk of the Mesozoic era".Scientific Reports.11(7594).doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87245-4.hdl:11336/166809.
- ^"Scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs".CBC News.Reuters. April 9, 2021.RetrievedApril 9,2021.