Brancatherulum, the Glossary
Brancatherulum is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Tendaguru Formation of Lindi Region of Tanzania.[1]
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12 relations: Cladotheria, Dryolestida, Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic, Lindi Region, List of prehistoric mammals, Mandible, Tanzania, Tendaguru Formation, Tithonian, Wilhelm Otto Dietrich, 1927 in paleontology.
- Cladotheria
- Fossil taxa described in 1927
- Jurassic mammals of Africa
- Late Jurassic mammals
- Tendaguru fauna
Cladotheria
Cladotheria is a clade (sometimes ranked as a legion) of mammals.
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Dryolestida
Dryolestida is an extinct order of mammals, known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Brancatherulum and Dryolestida are Cladotheria.
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Kimmeridgian
In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series.
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Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.
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Lindi Region
Lindi Region (Mkoa wa Lindi in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions.
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List of prehistoric mammals
This is an incomplete list of prehistoric mammals.
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Mandible
In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).
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Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.
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Tendaguru Formation
The Tendaguru Formation, or Tendaguru Beds are a highly fossiliferous formation and Lagerstätte located in the Lindi Region of southeastern Tanzania.
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Tithonian
In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage of the Upper Jurassic Series.
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Wilhelm Otto Dietrich
Wilhelm Otto Dietrich (30 July 1881 – 26 March 1964) was a German (later East German) paleontologist who took a special interest in the study of Tertiary and Quaternary mammals.
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1927 in paleontology
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
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See also
Cladotheria
- Amphitheriidae
- Amphitherium
- Brancatherulum
- Chunnelodon
- Cladotheria
- Donodon
- Donodontidae
- Dryolestida
- Magnimus
- Meridiolestidans
- Nanolestes
- Palaeoxonodon
- Peramuridae
- Tribosphenida
- Vincelestes
Fossil taxa described in 1927
- Aetheretmon
- Alphadon
- Amebelodon
- Aulophyseter
- Bolbocara
- Brancatherulum
- Bubalus murrensis
- Calliphylloceras
- Cetiosauriscus
- Condonella
- Cyamocephalus
- Cybelopsis
- Cynosaurus
- Diacalymene
- Gypsonictops
- Heminautilus
- Honanotherium
- Kentriodon
- Kraglievichia
- Laolestes
- Lycopsis
- Machlydotherium
- Miodineutes
- Myobradypterygius
- Peking Man
- Phasmagyps
- Tathiodon
Jurassic mammals of Africa
- Ambondro mahabo
- Brancatherulum
- Triconodontidae
Late Jurassic mammals
- Brancatherulum
- Meketibolodon
- Meketichoffatia
- Paurodontidae
- Plesiochoffatia
- Proalbionbaatar
- Pseudobolodon
- Rugosodon
Tendaguru fauna
- Australodocus
- Brancatherulum
- Dicraeosaurus
- Dysalotosaurus
- Elaphrosaurus
- Giraffatitan
- Janenschia
- Kentrosaurus
- Ostafrikasaurus
- Tendaguria
- Tendaguripterus
- Tornieria
- Veterupristisaurus
- Wamweracaudia
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brancatherulum
Also known as Brancatherulum tendagurense.