†Crusafontia cuencana Henkel and Krebs 1969 (mammal)

Mammalia - Dryolestida

Synonym: Pocamus pepelui Canudo and Cuenca-Bescós 1996

Full reference: S. Henkel and B. Krebs. 1969. Zwei Saugetier-Unterkiefer aus der Unteren Kreide von Una (Prov. Cuenca, Spanien). 1969:449-462

Belongs to Crusafontia according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Canudo and Cuenca-Bescós 1996, Henkel and Krebs 1969 and Kraus 1979

Sister taxon: Crusafontia amoae

Type specimens:

  • Crusafontia cuencana: "Uña 2", a mandible. Its type locality is Uña, which is in a Barremian alluvial fan limestone/lignite in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.
  • Pocamus pepelui: MPZ 95/173, a tooth (right P5). Its type locality is Poca, which is in a Barremian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Camarillas Formation of Spain.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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