Drescheratherium

Drescheratherium acutum; Temporal range: Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Theria
Order:	Dryolestida
Family:	Paurodontidae
Genus:	Drescheratherium; Krebs, 1998
Species
	D. acutum Krebs, 1998 (type);

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 alongated upper canines, though not to the extent another dryolestoid, Cronopio, does.^[2]

References

^ B. Krebs. 1998. Drescheratherium acutum gen. et sp. nov., ein neuer Eupantotherier (Mammalia) aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal. Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe E 28:91-111.
^ Guillermo W. Rougier, Sebastián Apesteguía and Leandro C. Gaetano (2011). "Highly specialized mammalian skulls from the Late Cretaceous of South America". Nature. 479: 98–102. doi:10.1038/nature10591. PMID 22051679. Supplementary information

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[1] B. Krebs. 1998. Drescheratherium acutum gen. et sp. nov., ein neuer Eupantotherier (Mammalia) aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal. Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe E 28:91-111.

[2] Guillermo W. Rougier, Sebastián Apesteguía and Leandro C. Gaetano (2011). "Highly specialized mammalian skulls from the Late Cretaceous of South America". Nature. 479: 98–102. doi:10.1038/nature10591. PMID 22051679. Supplementary information

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