Orretherium
| Orretherium Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | †Meridiolestida |
| Family: | †Mesungulatidae |
| Genus: | † Martinelli et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †O. tzen
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| Binomial name | |
| †Orretherium tzen Martinelli et al., 2021
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Orretherium (meaning "Five teeth beast"; in part from the Aonikenk language) is a genus of mesungulatid mammal that lived in South America (Chile) during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now the Dorotea Formation.[1][2] It is estimated to have weighed ~1.3kg.[3]
References
- ^ Martinelli, A. G.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Goin, F. J.; Kaluza, J.; Bostelmann, J. E.; Fonseca, P. H. M. F.; Reguero, M. A.; Leppe, M.; Vargas, A. O. (2021). "New cladotherian mammal from southern Chile and the evolution of mesungulatid meridiolestidans at the dusk of the Mesozoic era". Scientific Reports. 11 (7594): 7594. Bibcode:2021NatSR..11.7594M. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87245-4. hdl:11336/166809. PMC 8027844. PMID 33828193.
- ^ "Scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs". CBC News. Reuters. April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- ^ Chimento, Nicolás R.; Agnolín, Federico L.; García-Marsà, Jordi; Manabe, Makoto; Tsuihiji, Takanobu; Novas, Fernando E. (2024-02-03). "A large therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of South America". Scientific Reports. 14 (1): 2854. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-53156-3. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 10838296.