Named By: | Guillermo W. Rougier, Sebastian Apesteguia & Leandro C. Gaetano in 2011 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 99.6-96 Ma |
Location: | Argentina - Candeleros Formation |
Size: | Uncertain due to incomplete remains, but estimated to be several centimetres long |
Diet: | Insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Two partial skulls and mandibles (lower jaw bones) |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Dryolestoidea | Meridiolestida | |
Cronopio is an extinct genus of dryolestoid mammals known from the Rio Negro region of Argentina.