Biology:Adalatherium
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | †Gondwanatheria |
| Family: | †Adalatheriidae |
| Genus: | †Adalatherium Krause et. al, 2020 |
| Species: | †A. hui
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| Binomial name | |
| †Adalatherium hui Krause et. al, 2020[1]
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Adalatherium (meaning "crazy beast") is an extinct gondwanatherian that lived on Madagascar during the Cretaceous period, during the Maastrichtian.[2] The discovery of the first nearly-complete Adalatherium skeleton from the Maevarano Formation was announced in April 2020. Adalatherium hui was unusually large for a mammal given the geologic era, at 60 cm (2 ft) long.[3] Its skeleton is the most complete of any Southern Hemisphere Mesozoic mammal. Additionally, the front of the skull contains more foramina than any known mammal.[4]
References
- ↑ Krause, David W.; Hoffmann, Simone; Hu, Yaoming; Wible, John R.; Rougier, Guillermo W.; Kirk, E. Christopher; Groenke, Joseph R.; Rogers, Raymond R. et al. (2020-04-29). "Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity" (in en). Nature: 1-7. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2234-8. ISSN 1476-4687. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2234-8.
- ↑ "'Crazy beast' lived among last of dinosaurs" (in en-gb). BBC News. 2020-04-29. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52465584.
- ↑ Rice, Doyle (April 2020). "The fossil of a bizarre mammal, called 'crazy beast,' has been discovered in Madagascar". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/29/fossil-adalatherium-hui-crazy-beast-discovered-madagascar/3044412001/. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar: Researchers discover 66-million-year-old 'crazy beast'" (in en). https://phys.org/news/2020-04-marooned-mesozoic-madagascar-million-year-old-crazy.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q92503961 entry
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