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Cronopio
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Cronopio (†Cronopio (Rougier et al. 2011))
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Clade: †Meridiolestida
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (South America, 99.6-96 million years ago)
Dimensions: length ~ 20 сm
Type species: †Cronopio dentiacutus
Cronopio is an extinct genus of small insectivorous mammal, was first named by Guillermo W. Rougier, Sebastián Apesteguía and Leandro C. Gaetano in 2011. The generic name is named after the fictional characters appearing in the work of Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar. The specific name is derived from Latin, meaning "sharp-toothed".
Cronopio known from the early Late Cretaceous of the Río Negro region in Argentina. Its only species is C. dentiacutus. It belongs to the Meridiolestida, an extinct group of mammals widespread in South America during the Late Cretaceous, which are more closely related to modern marsupials and placental mammals than to monotremes.
Paleontologist Guillermo Rougier commented on the creature's "superficial" resemblance to the fictional character Scrat in the Ice Age franchise created by Chris Wedge, saying "it just goes to show how diverse ancient mammals are, that we can just imagine some bizarre critter and later find something just like it.
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Cronopio (†Cronopio (Rougier et al. 2011))
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Clade: †Meridiolestida
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (South America, 99.6-96 million years ago)
Dimensions: length ~ 20 сm
Type species: †Cronopio dentiacutus
Cronopio is an extinct genus of small insectivorous mammal, was first named by Guillermo W. Rougier, Sebastián Apesteguía and Leandro C. Gaetano in 2011. The generic name is named after the fictional characters appearing in the work of Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar. The specific name is derived from Latin, meaning "sharp-toothed".
Cronopio known from the early Late Cretaceous of the Río Negro region in Argentina. Its only species is C. dentiacutus. It belongs to the Meridiolestida, an extinct group of mammals widespread in South America during the Late Cretaceous, which are more closely related to modern marsupials and placental mammals than to monotremes.
Paleontologist Guillermo Rougier commented on the creature's "superficial" resemblance to the fictional character Scrat in the Ice Age franchise created by Chris Wedge, saying "it just goes to show how diverse ancient mammals are, that we can just imagine some bizarre critter and later find something just like it.
