Orretherium
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian–Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: †Meridiolestida
Family: †Mesungulatidae
Genus: †Orretherium
Martinelli et al., 2021
Species:
†O. tzen
Binomial name
†Orretherium tzen
Martinelli et al., 2021

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]

References

  1. ^ 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). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87245-4. hdl:11336/166809.
  2. ^ "Scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs". CBC News. Reuters. April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.


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