Crusafontia

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Crusafontia is an extinct genus of mammal from the Cretaceous Camarillas, El Castellar and La Huérguina Formations of Spain.[1][2][3][4] The name of the animal was given in honour of the Spanish paleontologist Miquel Crusafont Pairó.

Crusafontia is estimated to have been around Script error: No such module "convert".long, though only two teeth (an upper molar right P5) and a mandible have ever been found.[1][3][4] In one study on Mesozoic mammal mandibles, it plots with carnivorous rather than insectivorous or herbivorous species.[5]

In 2011 a second species of Crusafontia was named, C. amoae, based on two upper molar teeth from Galve.[2] However, this was synonymised with the original species in 2021.[6]

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  6. Martin, T., Averianov, A.O., Schultz, J.A., Schwermann, A.H. and Wings, O., 2021. A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany. The Science of Nature, 108(3), pp.1-12

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