Adalatherium
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]
Adalatherium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | †Gondwanatheria |
Family: | †Adalatheriidae |
Genus: | †Adalatherium Krause et. al, 2020 |
Species: | †A. hui |
Binomial name | |
†Adalatherium hui | |
References
- Krause, David W.; Hoffmann, Simone; Hu, Yaoming; Wible, John R.; Rougier, Guillermo W.; Kirk, E. Christopher; Groenke, Joseph R.; Rogers, Raymond R.; Rossie, James B.; Schultz, Julia A.; Evans, Alistair R. (2020-04-29). "Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity". Nature: 1–7. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2234-8. ISSN 1476-4687.
- "'Crazy beast' lived among last of dinosaurs". BBC News. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- Rice, Doyle (April 2020). "The fossil of a bizarre mammal, called 'crazy beast,' has been discovered in Madagascar". USA Today. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- "Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar: Researchers discover 66-million-year-old 'crazy beast'". phys.org. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
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