Orretherium Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | † Meridiolestida |
Family: | † Mesungulatidae |
Genus: | †
Orretherium 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]
Orretherium Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
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---|---|
Scientific 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]