Drescheratherium

<i>Drescheratherium</i>

Drescheratherium

Extinct family of mammals

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]

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  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    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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