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CRUSAFONTIA
(cru-sa-fon-tee-ah)
meaning: "After the palaeontologists Miquel Crusafont Pairo"
Named By: Henkel and Krebs in 1969
Time Period: Barremian
Location: Spain
Size: Uncertain due to incomplete remains, though estimated at around 10 centimetres long
Diet: Ominvore
Fossil(s): Teeth
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Dryolestida | Dryolestidae |
About

Crusafontia is an extinct genus of mammal from the EL Castellar Formation and La Hueguina Formations, Spain.

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.

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

Read more about Crusafontia at Wikipedia
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