Biology:Euthlastus

Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Euthlastus Temporal range: Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Paurodontidae
Genus:	†Euthlastus Simpson, 1929
Species:	†E. cordiformis
Binomial name
†Euthlastus cordiformis Simpson, 1929

Euthlastus is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6. It is represented by only five upper molars.

See also

• Prehistoric mammal
  • List of prehistoric mammals
• Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation

References

• Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q5414470 entry