Brancatherulum Dietrich 1927 (mammal)

Mammalia - Pantotheria

Full reference: W. O. Dietrich. 1927. Brancatherulum n. g., ein Proplacentalier aus dem obersten Jura des Tendaguru in Deutsch-Ostafrika. Centralblatt fur Mineralogie, Geologie, Palaeontologie Abteilung B 10:423-426

Parent taxon: Eupantotheria according to W. -D. Heinrich 1991

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, McKenna and Bell 1997, Prothero 1981 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: Butlerigale, Guimarota, Henkelotheriidae

Subtaxa: Brancatherulum tendagurense

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Type: Brancatherulum tendagurense

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Tendaguru unspecified quarry: Brancatherulum type locality (Jurassic of Tanzania)

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