Biology:Orretherium
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Short description: Extinct mammal genus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | †Meridiolestida |
| Family: | †Mesungulatidae |
| Genus: | †Orretherium Martinelli et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †O. tzen
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| †Orretherium tzen Martinelli et al., 2021
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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]
References
- ↑ 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). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87245-4.
- ↑ "Scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs". CBC News. Reuters. April 9, 2021. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/skunk-fossil-1.5981059.
Wikidata ☰ Q106438122 entry
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