Crustulus
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| Crustulus Temporal range:
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pantodonta |
| Genus: | †Crustulus Clemens, 2017 |
| Species: | †C. fontanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Crustulus fontanus Clemens, 2017
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Crustulus is an extinct genus of pantodont that lived in what is now Montana during the Early Palaeocene. It is known from a single species, Crustulus fontanus.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Crustulus has been noted as having very similar dentistry to Alcidedorbignya.[2]
Crustulus fontanus is one of the smallest known paleodonts.[3]
References
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External links
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