Biology:Orretherium

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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] It is estimated to have weighed ~1.3kg.[3]

References

  1. Martinelli, A. G.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Goin, F. J.; Kaluza, J.; Bostelmann, J. E.; Fonseca, P. H. M. F.; Reguero, M. A.; Leppe, M. et al. (2021). "New cladotherian mammal from southern Chile and the evolution of mesungulatid meridiolestidans at the dusk of the Mesozoic era". Scientific Reports 11 (7594): 7594. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87245-4. PMID 33828193. Bibcode2021NatSR..11.7594M. 
  2. "Scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs". CBC News. Reuters. April 9, 2021. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/skunk-fossil-1.5981059. 
  3. Chimento, Nicolás R.; Agnolín, Federico L.; García-Marsà, Jordi; Manabe, Makoto; Tsuihiji, Takanobu; Novas, Fernando E. (2024-02-03). "A large therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of South America" (in en). Scientific Reports 14 (1): 2854. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-53156-3. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 10838296. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53156-3. 

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