Crusafontia

Crusafontia
Crusafontia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Dryolestidae
Genus: Crusafontia

Crusafontia is an extinct genus of Mesozoic mammal.

Crusafontia was a 10 cm (4 in) long creature that may have looked and lived like a squirrel, but this is uncertain, as only a few teeth have ever been found.[1]

The name of the animal has been given in honour of the Spanish paleontologist Miquel Crusafont Pairó.

References

  1. ^ Palmer, D., ed (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 200. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.